Experimental Observation of Plasma Wakefield Growth Driven by the Seeded Self-Modulation of a Proton Bunch
Turner, M.; Adli, E.; Ahuja, A.; Apsimon, O.; Apsimon, R.; Bachmann, A. -M.; Marin, M. Barros; Barrientos, D.; Batsch, F.; Batkiewicz, J.; Bauche, J.; Olsen, V. K. Berglyd; Bernardini, M.; Biskup, B.; Boccardi, A.; Bogey, T.; Bohl, T.; Bracco, C.; Braunmueller, F.; Burger, S.; Burt, G.; Bustamante, S.; Buttenschoen, B.; Caldwell, A.; Cascella, M.; Chappell, J.; Chevallay, E.; Chung, M.; Cooke, D.; Damerau, H.; Deacon, L.; Deubner, L. H.; Dexter, A.; Doebert, S.; Farmer, J.; Fedosseev, V. N.; Fior, G.; Fiorito, R.; Fonseca, R. A.; Friebel, F.; Garolfi, L.; Gessner, S.; Gorgisyan, I.; Gorn, A. A.; Granados, E.; Grulke, O.; Gschwendtner, E.; Guerrero, A.; Hansen, J.; Helm, A.; Henderson, J. R.; Hessler, C.; Hofle, W.; Huether, M.; Ibison, M.; Jensen, L.; Jolly, S.; Keeble, F.; Kim, S. -Y.; Kraus, F.; Lefevre, T.; LeGodec, G.; Li, Y.; Liu, S.; Lopes, N.; Lotov, K. V.; Brun, L. Maricalva; Martyanov, M.; Mazzoni, S.; Godoy, D. Medina; Minakov, V. A.; Mitchell, J.; Molendijk, J. C.; Mompo, R.; Moody, J. T.; Moreira, M.; Muggli, P.; Oez, E.; Ozturk, E.; Mutin, C.; Pasquino, C.; Pardons, A.; Asmus, F. Pena; Pepitone, K.; Perera, A.; Petrenko, A.; Pitman, S.; Plyushchev, G.; Pukhov, A.; Rey, S.; Rieger, K.; Ruhl, H.; Schmidt, J. S.; Shalimova, I. A.; Shaposhnikova, E.; Sherwood, P.; Silva, L. O.; Soby, L.; Sosedkin, A. P.; Speroni, R.; Spitsyn, R. I.; Tuev, P. V.; Velotti, F.; Verra, L.; Verzilov, V. A.; Vieira, J.; Vincke, H.; Welsch, C. P.; Williamson, B.; Wing, M.; Woolley, B.; Xia, G.
2019

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Abstract

We measure the effects of transverse wakefields driven by a relativistic proton bunch in plasma with densities of 2.1 x 10(14) and 7.7 x 10(14) electrons/cm(3). We show that these wakefields periodically defocus the proton bunch itself, consistently with the development of the seeded self-modulation process. We show that the defocusing increases both along the bunch and along the plasma by using time resolved and time-integrated measurements of the proton bunch transverse distribution. We evaluate the transverse wakefield amplitudes and show that they exceed their seed value (< 15 MV/m) and reach over 300 MV/m. All these results confirm the development of the seeded self-modulation process, a necessary condition for external injection of low energy and acceleration of electrons to multi-GeV energy levels.

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Title Experimental Observation of Plasma Wakefield Growth Driven by the Seeded Self-Modulation of a Proton Bunch
Author(s) Turner, M. ; Adli, E. ; Ahuja, A. ; Apsimon, O. ; Apsimon, R. ; Bachmann, A. -M. ; Marin, M. Barros ; Barrientos, D. ; Batsch, F. ; Batkiewicz, J. ; Bauche, J. ; Olsen, V. K. Berglyd ; Bernardini, M. ; Biskup, B. ; Boccardi, A. ; Bogey, T. ; Bohl, T. ; Bracco, C. ; Braunmueller, F. ; Burger, S. ; Burt, G. ; Bustamante, S. ; Buttenschoen, B. ; Caldwell, A. ; Cascella, M. ; Chappell, J. ; Chevallay, E. ; Chung, M. ; Cooke, D. ; Damerau, H. ; Deacon, L. ; Deubner, L. H. ; Dexter, A. ; Doebert, S. ; Farmer, J. ; Fedosseev, V. N. ; Fior, G. ; Fiorito, R. ; Fonseca, R. A. ; Friebel, F. ; Garolfi, L. ; Gessner, S. ; Gorgisyan, I. ; Gorn, A. A. ; Granados, E. ; Grulke, O. ; Gschwendtner, E. ; Guerrero, A. ; Hansen, J. ; Helm, A. ; Henderson, J. R. ; Hessler, C. ; Hofle, W. ; Huether, M. ; Ibison, M. ; Jensen, L. ; Jolly, S. ; Keeble, F. ; Kim, S. -Y. ; Kraus, F. ; Lefevre, T. ; LeGodec, G. ; Li, Y. ; Liu, S. ; Lopes, N. ; Lotov, K. V. ; Brun, L. Maricalva ; Martyanov, M. ; Mazzoni, S. ; Godoy, D. Medina ; Minakov, V. A. ; Mitchell, J. ; Molendijk, J. C. ; Mompo, R. ; Moody, J. T. ; Moreira, M. ; Muggli, P. ; Oez, E. ; Ozturk, E. ; Mutin, C. ; Pasquino, C. ; Pardons, A. ; Asmus, F. Pena ; Pepitone, K. ; Perera, A. ; Petrenko, A. ; Pitman, S. ; Plyushchev, G. ; Pukhov, A. ; Rey, S. ; Rieger, K. ; Ruhl, H. ; Schmidt, J. S. ; Shalimova, I. A. ; Shaposhnikova, E. ; Sherwood, P. ; Silva, L. O. ; Soby, L. ; Sosedkin, A. P. ; Speroni, R. ; Spitsyn, R. I. ; Tuev, P. V. ; Velotti, F. ; Verra, L. ; Verzilov, V. A. ; Vieira, J. ; Vincke, H. ; Welsch, C. P. ; Williamson, B. ; Wing, M. ; Woolley, B. ; Xia, G.
Published in Physical Review Letters
Volume 122
Issue 5
Pages 054801
Date 2019-02-08
ISSN 0031-9007
1079-7114
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DOI https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.054801
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