ÚTEFČVUT Ústav technické a experimentální fyziky ČVUT v PrazeInstitute of Experimental and Applied Physics, CTU in Prague

An electron spectrometer for proton driven plasma accelerated electrons at AWAKE: Predicted resolution of energy and emittance measurements

NázevTitle
An electron spectrometer for proton driven plasma accelerated electrons at AWAKE: Predicted resolution of energy and emittance measurementsAn electron spectrometer for proton driven plasma accelerated electrons at AWAKE: Predicted resolution of energy and emittance measurements
Druh výsledkuResult type
Příspěvek ve sborníkuProceedings paper
AutořiAuthors
L.C. Deacon, B. Biskup, A. Goldblatt, S. Jolly
Klíčová slovaKeywords
AWAKE, Plasma wakefield acceleration, electron spectrometer, emittance measurement
KonferenceConference
2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (Strasbourg, France, 2016-10-29)
DOIDOI
10.1109/NSSMIC.2016.8069746
Časopis / citaceJournal / citation
In: 2016 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium, Medical Imaging Conference and Room-Temperature Semiconductor Detector Workshop (NSS/MIC/RTSD), IEEE, 2017, pp. 1-3
RokYear
2017
JazykLanguage
eng
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ProjektProject
Technologie potlačení pozadí, detektorové techniky v jaderné fyzice a jejich aplikaceTechnologies of background suppression, detection techniques in nuclear physics and their applications
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https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10038982/1/summary.pdf
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AbstraktAbstract

The Advanced Wakefield Experiment (AWAKE), to be constructed at CERN, will be the first experiment to demonstrate proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration. The 400 GeV proton beam from the CERN SPS will excite a wakefield in a plasma cell several meters in length. To probe the plasma wakefield, electrons of 10-20 MeV will be injected into the wakefield following the head of the proton beam. Simulations indicate that electrons will be accelerated to GeV energies by the plasma wakefield. The AWAKE spectrometer is intended to measure both the peak energy and energy spread of these accelerated electrons. Under certain conditions it is also possible to use the spectrometer to measure the transverse beam emittance. The expected resolution of these measurements is investigated for various beam distributions, taking into account an optimised vacuum chamber and scintillator screen design and results of beam and optical tests.

The Advanced Wakefield Experiment (AWAKE), to be constructed at CERN, will be the first experiment to demonstrate proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration. The 400 GeV proton beam from the CERN SPS will excite a wakefield in a plasma cell several meters in length. To probe the plasma wakefield, electrons of 10-20 MeV will be injected into the wakefield following the head of the proton beam. Simulations indicate that electrons will be accelerated to GeV energies by the plasma wakefield. The AWAKE spectrometer is intended to measure both the peak energy and energy spread of these accelerated electrons. Under certain conditions it is also possible to use the spectrometer to measure the transverse beam emittance. The expected resolution of these measurements is investigated for various beam distributions, taking into account an optimised vacuum chamber and scintillator screen design and results of beam and optical tests.

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