Journal Article

PUBDB-2021-02538

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D'Arcy, R. (Corresponding author)DESY* ; Chappell, J.Extern* ; Beinortaite, J.DESY* ; Diederichs, S.DESY* ; Boyle, G. J.DESY* ; Foster, B.Extern*DESY* ; Garland, M. J.DESY* ; Gonzalez Caminal, P.DESY* ; Lindstroem, C. A.DESY* ; Loisch, G.Extern*DESY* ; Schreiber, S.DESY* ; Schröder, S.DESY* ; Shalloo, R.DESY* ; Thévenet, M.DESY* ; Wesch, S.DESY* ; Wing, M.Extern* ; Osterhoff, J.DESY*

2022
Nature Publ. Group London [u.a.]

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Please use a persistent id in citations: doi:10.1038/s41586-021-04348-8  doi:10.3204/PUBDB-2021-02538

Report No.: arXiv:2203.01571

Abstract: The interaction of intense particle bunches with plasma can give rise to plasma wakes capable of sustaining gigavolt-per-metre electric fields, which are orders of magnitude higher than provided by state-of-the-art radio-frequency technology. Plasma wakefields can, therefore, strongly accelerate charged particles and offer the opportunity to reach higher particle energies with smaller and hence more widely available accelerator facilities. However, the luminosity and brilliance demands of high-energy physics and photon science require particle bunches to be accelerated at repetition rates of thousands or even millions per second, which are orders of magnitude higher than demonstrated with plasma-wakefield technology. Here we investigate the upper limit on repetition rates of beam-driven plasma accelerators by measuring the time it takes for the plasma to recover to its initial state after perturbation by a wakefield. The many-nanosecond-level recovery time measured establishes the in-principle attainability of megahertz rates of acceleration in plasmas. The experimental signatures of the perturbation are well described by simulations of a temporally evolving parabolic ion channel, transferring energy from the collapsing wake to the surrounding media. This result establishes that plasma-wakefield modules could be developed as feasible high-repetition-rate energy boosters at current and future particle-physics and photon-science facilities.

Keyword(s): accelerator: plasma ; plasma: wake field ; acceleration ; brightness ; charged particle: yield ; performance ; accelerator: technology

Note: Nature 603, 58-62 (2022)

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Beam-Driven Plasma Accelerators (MPA2)
2. FTX Fachgruppe AST (HH_FH_FTX_AS)
3. Plasma Theory and Simulations (MPA1)
4. Technol. zukünft. Teilchenph. Experim. (FTX)
5. FS-Photon Science (FS-PS)
6. Injektion (MIN)
7. Maschinen Koordination FLASH (MFL)

Research Program(s):

1. 621 - Accelerator Research and Development (POF4-621) (POF4-621)
2. PWA - Research group for plasma-based accelerators (PWA-20150304) (PWA-20150304)
3. 6G2 - FLASH (DESY) (POF4-6G2) (POF4-6G2)

Experiment(s):

1. FLASHForward
2. Facility (machine) FLASH
3. Facility (machine) FLASH2

Appears in the scientific report 2022

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