Hybrid LWFA–PWFA staging as a beam energy and brightness transformer : conceptual design and simulations

Martinez de la Ossa, A. and Assmann, R. W. and Bussmann, M. and Corde, S. and Couperus Cabadağ, J. P. and Debus, A. and Döpp, A. and Ferran Pousa, A. and Gilljohann, M. F. and Heinemann, T. and Hidding, B. and Irman, A. and Karsch, S and Kononenko, O. and Kurz, T. and Osterhoff, J. and Pausch, R. and Schöbe, S. and Schramm, U. (2019) Hybrid LWFA–PWFA staging as a beam energy and brightness transformer : conceptual design and simulations. Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 377 (2151). ISSN 1471-2962 (https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2018.0175)

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Abstract

We present a conceptual design for a hybrid laser-driven plasma wakefield accelerator (LWFA) to beam-driven plasma wakefield accelerator (PWFA). In this set-up, the output beams from an LWFA stage are used as input beams of a new PWFA stage. In the PWFA stage, a new witness beam of largely increased quality can be produced and accelerated to higher energies. The feasibility and the potential of this concept is shown through exemplary particle-in-cell simulations. In addition, preliminary simulation results for a proof-of-concept experiment in Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Germany) are shown. This article is part of the Theo Murphy meeting issue ‘Directions in particle beam-driven plasma wakefield acceleration’.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:69237
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    24 June 2019
    Published
    27 February 2019
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:08 Aug 2019 09:22
    Last modified:21 Apr 2024 00:35
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/69237
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