Proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration: a path to the future of high-energy particle physics
- Assmann, R.
- Bingham, R.
- Fonseca, R. A.
- Goddard, B.
- Gross, M.
- Grulke, O.
- Gschwendtner, E.
- Holloway, J.
- Huang, C.
- Jaroszynski, D.
- Jolly, S.
- Kempkes, P.
- Bohl, T.
- Lopes, N.
- Lotov, K.
- Machacek, J.
- Mandry, S. R.
- McKenzie, J. W.
- Meddahi, M.
- Militsyn, B. L.
- Moschuering, N.
- Muggli, P.
- Najmudin, Z.
- Bracco, C.
- Noakes, T. C. Q.
- Norreys, P. A.
- Öz, E.
- Pardons, A.
- Petrenko, A.
- Pukhov, A.
- Rieger, K.
- Reimann, O.
- Ruhl, H.
- Shaposhnikova, E.
- Buttenschön, B.
- Silva, L. O.
- Sosedkin, A.
- Tarkeshian, R.
- Trines, R. M. G. N.
- Tückmantel, T.
- Vieira, J.
- Vincke, H.
- Wing, M.
- Xia, G.
- Butterworth, A.
- Caldwell, A.
- Chattopadhyay, S.
- Cipiccia, S.
- Feldbaumer, E.
DOIAbstract
New acceleration technology is mandatory for the future elucidation of fundamental particles and theirinteractions. A promising approach is to exploit the properties of plasmas. Past research has focused oncreating large-amplitude plasma waves by injecting an intense laser pulse or an electron bunch into theplasma. However, the maximum energy gain of electrons accelerated in a single plasma stage is limitedby the energy of the driver. Proton bunches are the most promising drivers of wakefields to accelerateelectrons to the TeV energy scale in a single stage. An experimental program at CERN—the AWAKEexperiment—has been launched to study in detail the important physical processes and to demonstrate the power of proton-driven plasma wakefield ...
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