Speaker
Dr
Elena Svystun
(DESY)
Description
The EuPRAXIA (European Plasma Research Accelerator with eXcellence In Applications) project aims at producing a conceptual design for the European plasma-based accelerator facility, capable of delivering high quality multi-GeV electron beams. This facility will be used for various user applications, including free-electron-lasers and high-energy physics detector tests. EuPRAXIA explores different approaches to plasma acceleration techniques. Laser-driven plasma wakefield acceleration with external injection of an RF-generated electron beam is one of the basic configurations explored. We present studies of electron beam acceleration to several GeV by a single-stage laser wakefield accelerator with external injection from an RF accelerator as a first step towards a 5 GeV electron beam. Electron beam injection, acceleration and extraction from the plasma are investigated using particle-in-cell simulations.
Primary author
Dr
Elena Svystun
(DESY)
Co-authors
Barbara Marchetti
(DESY)
Mr
Jun Zhu
(MPY, DESY)
Ms
Maria Katharina Weikum
(DESY / University of Strathclyde)
Dr
Paul Andreas Walker
(DESY)
Dr
Ralph Assmann
(DESY)
Mr
Thomas Heinemann
(Uni Strathclyde / DESY)
Mr
Ulrich Dorda
(DESY)
Mr
Ángel Ferran Pousa
(DESY)
