Published September 1, 2016 | Version v1
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Progress of plasma wakefield self-modulation experiments at FACET

Creators

  • 1. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of Oslo, N-0316 Oslo (Norway)
  • 3. Max Planck Institute for Physics, Munich (Germany)
  • 4. GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear, Instituto Superior Téchnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisbon (Portugal)
  • 5. University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095 (United States)

Description

Simulations and theory predict that long electron and positron beams may under favorable conditions self-modulate in plasmas. We report on the progress of experiments studying the self-modulation instability in plasma wakefield experiments at FACET. The experimental results obtained so far, while not being fully conclusive, appear to be consistent with the presence of the self-modulation instability.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2016.02.075

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nima.2016.02.075;
PII
S0168-9002(16)00251-5;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume
829
Journal Page Range
p. 334-338
ISSN
0168-9002
CODEN
NIMAER

Conference

Title
2. European advanced accelerator concepts workshop
Acronym
EAAC 2015
Dates
13-19 Sep 2015
Place
La Biodola, Elba (Italy)

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
48009082
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ELECTRON BEAMS; MODULATION; PLASMA; PLASMA INSTABILITY; POSITRON BEAMS; SIMULATION
Descriptors DEC
BEAMS; INSTABILITY; LEPTON BEAMS; PARTICLE BEAMS

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