AWAKE, The Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment at CERN

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Gschwendtner, E, Adli, E, Amorim, L, Apsimon, R, Assmann, R, A -M Bachmann, Batsch, F, Bauche, J, Berglyd Olsen, V K, Bernardini, M, Bingham, R, Biskup, B, Bohl, T, Bracco, C, Burrows, P N, Burt, G, Buttenschon, B, Butterworth, A, Caldwell, A, Cascella, M, Chevallay, E, Cipiccia, S, Damerau, H, Deacon, L, Dirksen, P, Doebert, S, Dorda, U, Farmer, J, Fedosseev, V, Feldbaumer, E, Fiorito, R, Fonseca, R, Friebel, F, Gorn, A A, Grulke, O, Hansen, J, Hessler, C, Hofle, W, Holloway, J, Huther, M, Jaroszynski, D, Jensen, L, Jolly, S, Joulaei, A, Kasim, M, Keeble, F, Y Li, Liu, S, Lopes, N, Lotov, K V, Mandry, S, Martorelli, R, Martyanov, M, Mazzoni, S, Mete, O, Minakov, V A, Mitchell, J, Moody, J, Muggli, P, Najmudin, Z, Norreys, P, E Oz, Pardons, A, Pepitone, K, Petrenko, A, Plyushchev, G, Pukhov, A, Rieger, K, Ruhl, H, Salveter, F, Savard, N, Schmidt, J, Seryi, A, Shaposhnikova, E, Sheng, Z M, Sherwood, P, Silva, L, Soby, L, Sosedkin, A P, Spitsyn, R I, Trines, R, Tuev, P V, Turner, M, Verzilov, V, Vieira, J, Vincke, H, Wei, Y, Welsch, C P, Wing, M, Xia, G, Zhang, H
• Format: Paper Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 17.12.2015
• Subjects: CERN; Electron acceleration; Experiments; Physics - Accelerator Physics; Physics - Plasma Physics; Plasma; Proton beams; R&D; Research & development; Stability; Synchrotrons
• ISSN: 2331-8422
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1512.05498

The Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment (AWAKE) aims at studying plasma wakefield generation and electron acceleration driven by proton bunches. It is a proof-of-principle R&D experiment at CERN and the world's first proton driven plasma wakefield acceleration experiment. The AWAKE experiment will be installed in the former CNGS facility and uses the 400 GeV/c proton beam bunches from the SPS. The first experiments will focus on the self-modulation instability of the long (rms ~12 cm) proton bunch in the plasma. These experiments are planned for the end of 2016. Later, in 2017/2018, low energy (~15 MeV) electrons will be externally injected to sample the wakefields and be accelerated beyond 1 GeV. The main goals of the experiment will be summarized. A summary of the AWAKE design and construction status will be presented.