Proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration: a path to the future of high-energy particle physics

AWAKE Collaboration: R. Assmann , R. Bingham , T. Bohl , C. Bracco , B. Buttenschon , A. Butterworth , A. Caldwell , S. Chattopadhyay

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S. Cipiccia E. Feldbaumer R.A. Fonseca B. Goddard M. Gross O. Grulke E. Gschwendtner J. Holloway C. Huang D. Jaroszynski S. Jolly P. Kempkes N. Lopes K. Lotov J. Machacek S.R. Mandry J.W. McKenzie M. Meddahi B.L. Militsyn N. Moschuering P. Muggli Z. Najmudin T.C.Q. Noakes P.A. Norreys E. Oz A. Pardons A. Petrenko A. Pukhov K. Rieger O. Reimann H. Ruhl E. Shaposhnikova L.O. Silva A. Sosedkin R. Tarkeshian R.M.G.N. Trines T. Tuckmantel J. Vieira H. Vincke M. Wing G. Xia

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classification ⚛️ physics.acc-ph hep-exphysics.plasm-ph

keywords plasmaaccelerationenergyfutureproton-drivenwakefieldelectronsexperimental

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New acceleration technology is mandatory for the future elucidation of fundamental particles and their interactions. A promising approach is to exploit the properties of plasmas. Past research has focused on creating large-amplitude plasma waves by injecting an intense laser pulse or an electron bunch into the plasma. However, the maximum energy gain of electrons accelerated in a single plasma stage is limited by the energy of the driver. Proton bunches are the most promising drivers of wakefields to accelerate electrons to the TeV energy scale in a single stage. An experimental program at CERN -- the AWAKE experiment -- has been launched to study in detail the important physical processes and to demonstrate the power of proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration. Here we review the physical principles and some experimental considerations for a future proton-driven plasma wakefield accelerator.

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