Energy-spread preservation and high efficiency in a plasma-wakefield accelerator

Lindstrøm, C. A. and Garland, J. M. and Schröder, S. and Boulton, L. and Boyle, G. and Chappell, J. and D'Arcy, R. and Gonzalez, P. and Knetsch, A. and Libov, V. and Loisch, G. and Martinez De La Ossa, A. and Niknejadi, P. and Põder, K. and Schaper, L. and Schmidt, B. and Sheeran, B. and Wesch, S. and Wood, J. and Osterhoff, J. (2021) Energy-spread preservation and high efficiency in a plasma-wakefield accelerator. Physical Review Letters, 126 (1). 014801. ISSN 1079-7114 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.014801)

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Abstract

Energy-efficient plasma-wakefield acceleration of particle bunches with low energy spread is a promising path to realizing compact free-electron lasers and particle colliders. High efficiency and low energy spread can be achieved simultaneously by strong beam loading of plasma wakefields when accelerating bunches with carefully tailored current profiles [M. Tzoufras, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 145002 (2008)PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.101.145002]. We experimentally demonstrate such optimal beam loading in a nonlinear electron-driven plasma accelerator. Bunches with an initial energy of 1 GeV were accelerated by 45 MeV with an energy-transfer efficiency of (42±4)% at a gradient of 1.3 GV/m while preserving per-mille energy spreads with full charge coupling, demonstrating wakefield flattening at the few-percent level.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:75104
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    8 January 2021
    Published
    6 January 2021
    Published Online
    8 December 2020
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:21 Jan 2021 12:40
    Last modified:17 Apr 2024 00:42
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/75104
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