Author: Kurz, T.
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TUPIK010 Investigating the Key Parameters of a Staged Laser- and Particle Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator Experiment 1703
 
  • T. Heinemann, R.W. Aßmann, O. S. Kononenko, A. Martinez de la Ossa
    DESY, Hamburg, Germany
  • J.P. Couperus, A. Irman, A. Köhler, O. Zarini
    Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Institute of Radiation Physics, Dresden, Germany
  • T. Heinemann, B. Hidding
    USTRAT/SUPA, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • T. Heinemann
    University of Hamburg, Institut für Experimentalphysik, Hamburg, Germany
  • A. Knetsch
    University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
  • T. Kurz
    HZDR, Dresden, Germany
  • U. Schramm
    TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
 
  Plasma wakefield accelerators can be driven by either a powerful laser pulse (LWFA) or a high-current charged particle beam (PWFA). A plasma accelerator combining both schemes consists of a LWFA providing an electron beam which subsequently drives a PWFA in the highly nonlinear regime. This scenario explicitly makes use of the advantages unique to each method, particularly exploiting the capabilities of PWFA schemes to provide high-brightness beams, while the LWFA stage inherently fulfils the demand for compact high-current electron bunches required as PWFA drivers. Effectively, the sub-sequent PWFA stage operates as beam brightness and energy booster of the initial LWFA output, aiming to match the demanding beam quality requirements of accelerator based light sources. We report on numerical studies towards the implementation of a proof-of-principle experiment at the DRACO laser facility at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR).  
DOI • reference for this paper ※ https://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2017-TUPIK010  
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