Speaker
Dr
Joshua Moody
Description
AWAKE is an experimental program that uses a 400 GeV proton bunch from CERN SPS to drive GV/m scale wakefields in a photoionized rubidium plasma with a density on the order of 10^14 /cm^3. Since the proton bunch's longitudinal scale is greater than 100 times the plasma wavelength, the experiment relies on seeded self modulation (SSM) of the proton bunch to effectively drive wakefields. In 2018, AWAKE completed its first phase, AWAKE Run 1, in which proton bunch SSM and the acceleration of externally injected electrons were demonstrated. The discussion includes the physics of plasma wakefields and SSM, followed by the experimental results of AWAKE Run 1, and finally the future with AWAKE Run 2 and beyond.
| Abstract type | RU or CN Highlight Talk (please discuss with Coordinators before) |
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Author
Dr
Joshua Moody