3rd European Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop

Session

Plenary 3

26 Sept 2017, 08:30

La Biodola, Isola d'Elba

270. Overview of State of the Art Diagnostics of Plasma Accelerators

Dr Rafal Zgadzaj (University of Texas at Austin)

26/09/2017, 08:30

Invited Plenary Talk

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Enormous progress has been made in Plasma Acceleration since its inception over three decades ago.  Multi-GeV energy gains have been demonstrated both in particle and laser driven accelerators, with many facilities now routinely generating high quality, GeV-class beams.  Experimental characterization of the various aspects of the accelerating structures, and the accelerated charge, and emitted...

262. Plasma sources for laser- and beam-driven plasma accelerators

Prof. Simon Hooker (University of Oxford)

26/09/2017, 09:10

Invited Plenary Talk

talk

All plasma accelerators require a region of plasma in which the plasma waves are driven, yet this key component is often taken for granted. The plasma source will usually need to be well-defined in terms of its spatial extent, density, uniformity, and composition. Further, plasma does not exist at room temperature, and hence the ionization mechanism must be considered; the plasma may need to...

276. First experimental results of the AWAKE experiment

Prof. Patric Muggli (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik)

26/09/2017, 09:50

Invited Plenary Talk

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We present the first experimental results on the self-modulation of a long, 400GeV proton bunch in a dense ((1-10)e14/cc), 10-m long plasma. These results include evidence for: seeding of self-modulation; appearance of a halo of defocused protons; formation of micro-bunches at the plasma period; modulation period corresponding to the rubidium density, with period measured both in the time...