First emittance measurement of the beam-driven plasma wakefield accelerated electron beam

• Published in: Physical review. Accelerators and beams Vol. 24; no. 5; p. 051301
• Main Authors: Shpakov, V., Anania, M. P., Behtouei, M., Bellaveglia, M., Biagioni, A., Cesarini, M., Chiadroni, E., Cianchi, A., Costa, G., Croia, M., Del Dotto, A., Diomede, M., Dipace, F., Ferrario, M., Galletti, M., Giribono, A., Liedl, A., Lollo, V., Magnisi, L., Mostacci, A., Di Pirro, G., Piersanti, L., Pompili, R., Romeo, S., Rossi, A. R., Scifo, J., Vaccarezza, C., Villa, F., Zigler, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: College Park American Physical Society 01.05.2021
• Subjects: Accelerators; Electric fields; Electron beams; Emittance; Plasma; Plasma acceleration

Next-generation plasma-based accelerators can push electron beams to GeV energies within centimeter distances. The plasma, excited by a driver pulse, is indeed able to sustain huge electric fields that can efficiently accelerate a trailing witness bunch, which was experimentally demonstrated on mult...