Wakefield regeneration in a resonantly driven plasma accelerator

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Autori principali: Farmer, John P., Della Porta, Giovanni Zevi
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Farmer, John P.
Della Porta, Giovanni Zevi
author_facet Farmer, John P.
Della Porta, Giovanni Zevi
contents Plasma wakefields offer high acceleration gradients, orders of magnitude larger than conventional RF accelerators. However, the achievable luminosity remains relatively low, typically limited by repetition rate and the charge accelerated per shot. In this work, we show that a train of drive bunches can be harnessed to accelerate multiple witness bunches in a single shot. We demonstrate that periodically loading the wakefields removes the limit on the energy transfer from the drive beam to the plasma, which allows the luminosity to be increased. Proof-of-concept simulations for the AWAKE scheme are carried out to demonstrate the technique, achieving a doubling of the accelerated charge while exploiting only a fraction of the drive train.
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spellingShingle Wakefield regeneration in a resonantly driven plasma accelerator
Farmer, John P.
Della Porta, Giovanni Zevi
Accelerator Physics
Plasma Physics
Plasma wakefields offer high acceleration gradients, orders of magnitude larger than conventional RF accelerators. However, the achievable luminosity remains relatively low, typically limited by repetition rate and the charge accelerated per shot. In this work, we show that a train of drive bunches can be harnessed to accelerate multiple witness bunches in a single shot. We demonstrate that periodically loading the wakefields removes the limit on the energy transfer from the drive beam to the plasma, which allows the luminosity to be increased. Proof-of-concept simulations for the AWAKE scheme are carried out to demonstrate the technique, achieving a doubling of the accelerated charge while exploiting only a fraction of the drive train.
title Wakefield regeneration in a resonantly driven plasma accelerator
topic Accelerator Physics
Plasma Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.14175