IPAC2014 - List of Authors (Karsch, S.)

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TUPME048	Injection of a LWFA Electron Bunch in a PWFA Driven by a Self-modulated-proton-bunch	1470
	P. Muggli MPI, Muenchen, Germany L.D. Amorim IST, Lisboa, Portugal S. Karsch MPQ, Garching, Munich, Germany N.C. Lopes, J. Vieira Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal
	The AWAKE experiment recently approved at CERN will study the acceleration of an externally injected electron bunch in a plasma wakefield accelerator (PWFA) driven by a self-modulated proton bunch. We study the possibility of injecting a bunch created by a laser-driven plasma wakefield accelerator (LWFA). We consider a first plasma source used for self-modulation of the drive bunch and a gas discharge source for acceleration of the collinearly injected bunch. The LWFA produces an electron bunch very short when compared to the PWFA wavelength and with relatively large current, possibly allowing for loading of the wakefields. Short length and high current lead to a small final energy spread. Co-linear injection preserves the incoming bunch quality and insures trapping and acceleration of the whole bunch. The energy of the LWFA electron bunch can easily exceed the trapping energy and can be produced over only a few millimeters gas-jet plasma driven by a laser of relatively modest power by today’s standards. We explore the parameter space suitable for this injection scheme that is more compact, simpler to implement and more suitable for injection in the mm-size accelerator structure.
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Injection of a LWFA Electron Bunch in a PWFA Driven by a Self-modulated-proton-bunch

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P. Muggli
MPI, Muenchen, Germany
L.D. Amorim
IST, Lisboa, Portugal
S. Karsch
MPQ, Garching, Munich, Germany
N.C. Lopes, J. Vieira
Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal

The AWAKE experiment recently approved at CERN will study the acceleration of an externally injected electron bunch in a plasma wakefield accelerator (PWFA) driven by a self-modulated proton bunch. We study the possibility of injecting a bunch created by a laser-driven plasma wakefield accelerator (LWFA). We consider a first plasma source used for self-modulation of the drive bunch and a gas discharge source for acceleration of the collinearly injected bunch. The LWFA produces an electron bunch very short when compared to the PWFA wavelength and with relatively large current, possibly allowing for loading of the wakefields. Short length and high current lead to a small final energy spread. Co-linear injection preserves the incoming bunch quality and insures trapping and acceleration of the whole bunch. The energy of the LWFA electron bunch can easily exceed the trapping energy and can be produced over only a few millimeters gas-jet plasma driven by a laser of relatively modest power by today’s standards. We explore the parameter space suitable for this injection scheme that is more compact, simpler to implement and more suitable for injection in the mm-size accelerator structure.

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