High average gradient in a laser-gated multistage plasma wakefield accelerator

Plasma wakefield accelerators driven by particle beams are capable of providing accelerating gradient several orders of magnitude higher than currently used radio-frequency technology, which could reduce the length of particle accelerators, with drastic influence on the development of future collide...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2022-10
Main Authors: Knetsch, Alexander, Andriyash, Igor A, Gilljohann, Max, Kononenko, Olena, Matheron, Aimé, Mankovska, Yuliia, Pablo San Miguel Claveria, Zakharova, Viktoriia, Adli, Erik, Corde, Sébastien
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coupling (molecular)
Free electron lasers
Optimization
Particle accelerators
Particle beams
Plasma accelerators
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Summary:Plasma wakefield accelerators driven by particle beams are capable of providing accelerating gradient several orders of magnitude higher than currently used radio-frequency technology, which could reduce the length of particle accelerators, with drastic influence on the development of future colliders at TeV energies and the minimization of x-ray free-electron lasers. Since inter-plasma components and distances are among the biggest contributors to the total accelerator length, the design of staged plasma accelerators is one of the most important outstanding questions in order to render this technology instrumental. Here, we present a novel concept to optimize inter-plasma distances in a staged beam-driven plasma accelerator by drive-beam coupling in the temporal domain and gating the accelerator via a femtosecond ionization laser.
ISSN:2331-8422