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Transition between instability and seeded self-modulation of a relativistic par...
Batsch, F.; Muggli, P.; Agnello, R.; Ahdida, C. C.; Amoedo Goncalves, M. C.; Andrebe, Y.; Apsimon, O.; Apsimon, R.; Bachmann, A.-M.; Baistrukov, M. A.We use a relativistic ionization front to provide various initial transverse wakefield amplitudes for the self-modulation of a long proton bunch in plasma. We show experimentally that, with sufficient initial amplitude [≥(4.1±0.4) MV/m], the phase of the modulation along the bunch is reproducible from event to event, with 3%-7% (of 2?) rms variations all along the bunch. The phase is not reproducible for lower ...
Analysis of proton bunch parameters in the AWAKE experiment
Hafych, V.; Caldwell, A.; Agnello, R.; Ahdida, C. C.; Aladi, M.; Amoedo Goncalves, M. C.; Andrebe, Y.; Apsimon, O.; Apsimon, R.; Bachmann, A.-M.A precise characterization of the incoming proton bunch parameters is required to accurately simulate the self-modulation process in the Advanced Wakefield Experiment (AWAKE). This paper presents an analysis of the parameters of the incoming proton bunches used in the later stages of the AWAKE Run 1 data-taking period. The transverse structure of the bunch is observed at multiple positions along the beamline us...
Experimental study of extended timescale dynamics of a plasma wakefield driven ...
Chappell, J.; Adli, E.; Agnello, R.; Aladi, M.; Andrebe, Y; Apsimon, O.; Apsimon, R.; Bachmann, A.-M.; Baistrukov, M. A.; Batsch, F.; Bergamaschi, M.Plasma wakefield dynamics over timescales up to 800 ps, approximately 100 plasma periods, are studied experimentally at the Advanced Wakefield Experiment (AWAKE). The development of the longitudinal wakefield amplitude driven by a self-modulated proton bunch is measured using the external injection of witness electrons that sample the fields. In simulation, resonant excitation of the wakefield causes plasma ele...
Simulation and experimental study of proton bunch self-modulation in plasma wit...
Morales Guzmán, P. I.; Muggli, P.; Agnello, R.; Ahdida, C. C.; Aladi, M.; Amoedo Goncalves, M. C.; Andrebe, Y.; Apsimon, O.; Apsimon, R.We present numerical simulations and experimental results of the self-modulation of a long proton bunch in a plasma with linear density gradients along the beam path. Simulation results agree with the experimental results reported [F. Braunmller, T. Nechaeva et al. (AWAKE Collaboration), Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 264801 (2020)PRLTAO0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.125.264801]: with negative gradients, the charge of the...
Proton bunch self-modulation in plasma with density gradient
Braunmuller, F.; Nechaeva, T.; Adli, E.; Agnello, R.; Aladi, M.; Andrebe, Y.; Apsimon, O.; Apsimon, R.; Bachmann, A. -M.; Baistrukov, M. A.; Batsch, F.We study experimentally the effect of linear plasma density gradients on the self-modulation of a 400 GeV proton bunch. Results show that a positive or negative gradient increases or decreases the number of microbunches and the relative charge per microbunch observed after 10 m of plasma. The measured modulation frequency also increases or decreases. With the largest positive gradient we observe two frequencies...
Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements
Gorn, A.; Turner, M.; Adli, E; Agnello, R.; Aladi, M.; Andrebe, Y.; Apsimon, O.; Apsimon, R.; Bachmann, A. -M.; Baistrukov, M. A.; Batsch, F.In 2017, AWAKE demonstrated the seeded self-modulation (SSM) of a 400 GeV proton beam from the Super Proton Synchrotron at CERN. The angular distribution of the protons deflected due to SSM is a quantitative measure of the process, which agrees with simulations by the two-dimensional (axisymmetric) particle-in-cell code LCODE to about 5%. The agreement is achieved in beam population scans at two selected plasma...
Experimental study of wakefields driven by a self-modulating proton bunch in pl...
Turner, M.; Muggli, P.; Adli, E.; Agnello, R.; Aladi, M.; Andrebe, Y.; Apsimon, O.; Apsimon, R.; Bachmann, A.-M.; Baistrukov, M. A.; Batsch, F.We study experimentally the longitudinal and transverse wakefields driven by a highly relativistic proton bunch during self-modulation in plasma. We show that the wakefields’ growth and amplitude increase with increasing seed amplitude as well as with the proton bunch charge in the plasma. We study transverse wakefields using the maximum radius of the proton bunch distribution measured on a screen downstream fr...
Proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration in AWAKE
Gschwendtner, E.; Turner, M.; Adli, E.; Ahuja, A.; Apsimon, O.; Apsimon, R.; Bachmann, A.-M.; Batsch, F.; Bracco, C.; Braunmüller, F.; Burger, S.In this article, we briefly summarize the experiments performed during the first run of the Advanced Wakefield Experiment, AWAKE, at CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research). The final goal of AWAKE Run 1 (2013–2018) was to demonstrate that 10– 20MeV electrons can be accelerated to GeV energies in a plasma wakefield driven by a highly relativistic self-modulated proton bunch. We describe the experiment...
Experimental observation of proton bunch modulation in a plasma at varying plas...
Adli, E.; Ahuja, A.; Apsimon, O.; Apsimon, R.; Bachmann, A.-M.; Barrientos, D.; Barros, M. M.; Batkiewicz, J.; Batsch, F.; Bauche, J.We give direct experimental evidence for the observation of the full transverse self-modulation of a long, relativistic proton bunch propagating through a dense plasma. The bunch exits the plasma with a periodic density modulation resulting from radial wakefield effects. We show that the modulation is seeded by a relativistic ionization front created using an intense laser pulse copropagating with the proton bu...
Acceleration of electrons in the plasma wakefield of a proton bunch
Adli, E.; Ahuja, A.; Apsimon, O.; Apsimon, R.; Bachmann, A.-M.; Barrientos, D.; Batsch, F.; Bauche, J.; Berglyd Olsen, V. K.; Bernardini, M.; Bohl, T.High-energy particle accelerators have been crucial in providing a deeper understanding of fundamental particles and the forces that govern their interactions. To increase the energy of the particles or to reduce the size of the accelerator, new acceleration schemes need to be developed. Plasma wakefield acceleration(1-5), in which the electrons in a plasma are excited, leading to strong electric fields (so cal...