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@inproceedings{perera:ipac2022-wepotk030,
author = {A. Perera and Ö. Apsimon and C.P. Welsch},
title = {{Modelling Growth and Asymmetry in Seeded Self-Modulation of Elliptical Beams in Plasma}},
booktitle = {Proc. IPAC'22},
% booktitle = {Proc. 13th International Particle Accelerator Conference (IPAC'22)},
pages = {2122--2125},
eid = {WEPOTK030},
language = {english},
keywords = {plasma, simulation, wakefield, proton, acceleration},
venue = {Bangkok, Thailand},
series = {International Particle Accelerator Conference},
number = {13},
publisher = {JACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland},
month = {07},
year = {2022},
issn = {2673-5490},
isbn = {978-3-95450-227-1},
doi = {10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2022-WEPOTK030},
url = {https://jacow.org/ipac2022/papers/wepotk030.pdf},
abstract = {{The seeded self-modulation (SSM) of long particle bunches for the generation of gigavolts-per-meter wakefields that can accelerate witness electron beams was first shown using the Super Proton Synchrotron beam as a driver by the AWAKE experiment. The stability of the produced microbunch trains over tens or hundreds of meters is crucial for extrapolating this scheme as proposed for use in several high energy plasma-based linear colliders. However, aside from the competing hosing instability, which has been shown to be suppressible by SSM when that process saturates, few works have examined other effects of transverse asymmetry in this process. Here, we use analytical modelling and 3D particle-in-cell simulations with QuickPIC to characterise the impact on the SSM growth process due to transverse asymmetry in the beam. A metric is constructed for asymmetry in simulation results, showing that the initial azimuthal complexity changes only slightly during SSM growth. Further, we show quantitative agreement between simulations and analytical predictions for the scaling of the reduction SSM growth rate with unequal aspect ratio of the initial beam profile. These results serve to inform planning and tolerances for both AWAKE and other SSM-based novel acceleration methods in the future.}},
}