Energy doubling of 42 GeV electrons in a metre-scale plasma wakefield accelerator

Ian Blumenfeld, Christopher E. Clayton, Franz-Josef Decker, Mark J. Hogan, Chengkun Huang, Rasmus Ischebeck, Richard Iverson, Chandrashekhar Joshi (), Thomas Katsouleas, Neil Kirby, Wei Lu, Kenneth A. Marsh, Warren B. Mori, Patric Muggli, Erdem Oz, Robert H. Siemann, Dieter Walz and Miaomiao Zhou
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Ian Blumenfeld: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
Christopher E. Clayton: University of California Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Franz-Josef Decker: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
Mark J. Hogan: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
Chengkun Huang: University of California Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Rasmus Ischebeck: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
Richard Iverson: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
Chandrashekhar Joshi: University of California Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Thomas Katsouleas: University of Southern California, University Park, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
Neil Kirby: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
Wei Lu: University of California Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Kenneth A. Marsh: University of California Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Warren B. Mori: University of California Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
Patric Muggli: University of Southern California, University Park, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
Erdem Oz: University of Southern California, University Park, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
Robert H. Siemann: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
Dieter Walz: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
Miaomiao Zhou: University of California Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA

Nature, 2007, vol. 445, issue 7129, 741-744

Abstract: Quick off the mark Plasma-based particle accelerators are particularly attractive as they are capable of producing accelerating fields orders of magnitude larger than those used in conventional colliders. In an experiment run at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, a high-energy electron beam has been used successfully to drive a plasma wakefield accelerator. This type of accelerator exploits the electric field of a dense electron bunch to drive a wakefield that accelerates the particles in the back of the bunch. A remarkable rate of acceleration was observed: for a small fraction of the injected electrons an energy gain equivalent to that achieved in the full 3-km SLAC accelerator was produced in less than a metre. This is an important step towards demonstrating the viability of plasma accelerators for high-energy physics applications.

Date: 2007
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