Speaker
Mr
Ryan Roussel
(University of California Los Angeles)
Description
We present the plans for, and initial results from, a UCLA-Argonne collaborative plasma wakefield acceleration (PWFA) experiment aimed at demonstrating the dependence of transformer ratio – the relation between maximum acceleration observed in a plasma wake to the maximum deceleration of the driving beam – on beam shape. Utilizing the unique capabilities of the emittance exchange (EEX) beamline, we may obtain transformer ratios in excess of six in a ~120 MeV/m PWFA. These experiments are a crucial step in enabling applications ranging from compact X-ray free electron laser (FEL) light sources to TeV-class linear colliders for high energy physics.
Primary author
Mr
Ryan Roussel
(University of California Los Angeles)
Co-authors
Dr
Gerard Andonian
(UCLA)
Prof.
James Rosenzweig
(UCLA)
John Power
(Argonne National Laboratory)
