High-efficiency acceleration of an electron beam in a plasma wakefield accelerator

M. Litos (), E. Adli, W. An, C. I. Clarke, C. E. Clayton, S. Corde, J. P. Delahaye, R. J. England, A. S. Fisher, J. Frederico, S. Gessner, S. Z. Green, M. J. Hogan, C. Joshi, W. Lu, K. A. Marsh, W. B. Mori, P. Muggli, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, D. Walz, G. White, Z. Wu, V. Yakimenko and G. Yocky
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M. Litos: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
E. Adli: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
W. An: University of California Los Angeles
C. I. Clarke: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
C. E. Clayton: University of California Los Angeles
S. Corde: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
J. P. Delahaye: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
R. J. England: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
A. S. Fisher: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
J. Frederico: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
S. Gessner: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
S. Z. Green: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
M. J. Hogan: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
C. Joshi: University of California Los Angeles
W. Lu: Tsinghua University
K. A. Marsh: University of California Los Angeles
W. B. Mori: University of California Los Angeles
P. Muggli: Max Planck Institute for Physics, Munich 80805, Germany
N. Vafaei-Najafabadi: University of California Los Angeles
D. Walz: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
G. White: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Z. Wu: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
V. Yakimenko: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
G. Yocky: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Nature, 2014, vol. 515, issue 7525, 92-95

Abstract: To develop plasma wakefield acceleration into a compact and affordable replacement for conventional accelerators, beams of charged particles must be accelerated at high efficiency in a high electric field; here this is demonstrated for a bunch of charged electrons ‘surfing’ on a previously excited plasma wave.

Date: 2014
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