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Kalvik, D. (Corresponding author) ; Lindstrøm, C. A. ; Peña, F. ; Loisch, G.Extern*DESY* ; Garland, J.DESY* ; Osterhoff, J. ; Björklund Svensson, J.Extern*DESY* ; Wood, J.DESY* ; Beinortaite, J.Extern*DESY* ; Boulton, L.Extern*DESY* ; Thévenet, M.DESY* ; Caminal, P. ; Drobniak, P.Extern* ; D'Arcy, R.Extern* ; Diederichs, S. ; Wesch, S.DESY*

2025

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Report No.: arXiv:2505.24299

Abstract: In plasma-based acceleration, an ultra-relativistic particlebunch—or an intense laser beam—is used to expel electronsfrom its propagation path, forming a wake that is devoidof electrons. The ions, being significantly more massive,are often assumed to be stationary. However, both theoryand simulations suggest that any sufficiently dense electronbunch can trigger ion motion, and its effect must be takeninto account. We simulate beam-driven plasma wakefieldsto identify key features—such as longitudinally dependentemittance growth—that could be observed in an experimentusing plasma and beam parameters from the FLASHForwardfacility at DESY.

Keyword(s): Accelerator Physics ; mc3-novel-particle-sources-and-acceleration-techniques - MC3: Novel Particle Sources and Acceleration Techniques ; MC3.A22 - MC3.A22 Plasma Wakefield Acceleration ; plasma ; electron ; electronics ; simulation ; acceleration

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Plasma Acceleration and Laser Group (MPL)
2. FTX Fachgruppe AST (HH_FH_FTX_AS)

Research Program(s):

1. 621 - Accelerator Research and Development (POF4-621) (POF4-621)
2. 6G2 - FLASH (DESY) (POF4-6G2) (POF4-6G2)

Experiment(s):

1. FLASHForward

Appears in the scientific report 2025

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http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Contribution to a conference proceedings/Contribution to a book Kalvik, D. (Corresponding author) ; Drobniak, P.Extern* ; Peña, F. ; Lindstrøm, C. A. ; Beinortaite, J.Extern*DESY* ; Boulton, L.Extern*DESY* ; Caminal, P. ; Garland, J.DESY* ; Loisch, G.Extern*DESY* ; Svensson, J. B.Extern*DESY* ; Thévenet, M.DESY* ; Wesch, S.DESY* ; Wood, J.DESY* ; Osterhoff, J.Extern*DESY* ; D'Arcy, R.Extern* ; Diederichs, S.Extern*
Ion-motion simulations of a plasma-wakefield experiment at FLASHForward
202516th International Particle Accelerator Conference : Taipei, Taiwan, 1-6 June 2025 : proceedings
16th International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC25, Taipei, DESY, Taiwan, 1 Jun 2025 - 6 Jun 2025, IPAC'25, TaipeiTaipei, Taiwan, 1 Jun 2025 - 6 Jun 20252025-06-012025-06-06 Geneva : JACoW Publishing 1442 - 1445 (2025) [10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2025-TUPS013]2025     Files  Fulltext by arXiv.org BibTeX | EndNote: XML, Text | RIS

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