Speaker
Mr
Carl Andreas Lindstrøm
(University of Oslo)
Description
Future plasma-based accelerators will need strong and compact focusing elements to complement the high gradient acceleration, in particular for beam transport between plasma stages. Using discharge capillary (active) plasma lenses is a promising technology, providing axially symmetric (focusing only) large magnetic field gradients at cm-scale. This is achieved by passing a strong discharge current through a long, thin capillary to set up a focusing magnetic field. The newly commissioned CLEAR Test Facility at CERN (previously the CALIFES injector at CTF3) provides an ideal beam to characterize such a discharge capillary plasma lens. We present early experimental results from the 2017 run.
Primary author
Mr
Carl Andreas Lindstrøm
(University of Oslo)
Co-authors
Dr
Anthony Dyson
(Oxford University)
Davide Gamba
(CERN; John Adams Institute (JAI))
Dr
Erik Adli
(University of Oslo, Norway)
Mr
Jan-Hendrik Roeckemann
(DESY)
Dr
Jens Osterhoff
(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY)
Dr
Lucas Schaper
(University Hamburg / DESY)
Roberto Corsini
(CERN)
Prof.
Simon Hooker
(University of Oxford)
Mr
Wilfrid Farabolini
(CEA/IRFU and CERN)
