Sep 24 – 30, 2017
La Biodola, Isola d'Elba
Europe/Rome timezone

Theoretical studies on laser triggered density down-ramp injection for FLASHForward

Sep 25, 2017, 7:30 PM
1h
Parking Area, Hotel Hermitage

Parking Area, Hotel Hermitage

poster WG1 - Electron Beams from Plasmas Wine and Poster Session 1(WG1-WG2-WG3-WG8)

Speaker

Mrs Bridget Sheeran (DESY)

Description

The realisation of high quality (high brightness and low energy spread) electron beams from plasma Wakefield accelerators is crucial for the advancement of fields such as photon science and future high-energy physics colliders. The FLASHForward facility is a pioneering dedicated beam-driven wakefield experiment combining the 1 GeV, 2.5 kA, FLASH electron beam and a 25 TW, 25 fs pulsed laser [1]. The Experiment 1 (X-1) branch of the project aims to produce and study such high-quality, high- brightness beams from a centimetre scale plasma cell. In preparation for the experimental runs in FLASHForward X-1, exploratory numerical studies are run using the OSIRIS particle in cell (PIC) code to study injection from a density down-ramp (DDR) [2] triggered and produced by a transverse ionisation laser [3]. Additional investigations are made into the effects arising from the intrinsic properties of the plasma channel, including the the wake structure resulting from a narrow plasma channel. [1] A. Aschikhin et al. NIM A, 2016 [2] A. Martinez de la Ossa et al., submitted, 2017 [3] G. Wittig et. al. Phys. Rev. ST Accel. Beams

Primary author

Mrs Bridget Sheeran (DESY)

Co-authors

Dr Alberto Martinez de la Ossa (DESY) Mr Alexander Aschikhin (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Mr Alexander Knetsch (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Dr Jens Osterhoff (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Dr Richard D'Arcy (DESY) Dr Timon Mehrling (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)

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