The 6th International Conference on Matter and Radiation at Extremes (ICMRE2023)

58 / 2023-04-11 19:37:24

Advanced Wakefield Experiment (AWAKE) at CERN: current status and future plan

proton plasma interaction, wakefield acceleration, self modulation, colliders

Fundamental Physics at Extreme Light > Particle Acceleration-II

Advanced Wakefield Experiment (AWAKE) at CERN is the world first and only proof-of-principle experiment on proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration. It utilized the 400 GeV proton beam from the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) as the drive beam, to excite a large amplitude plasma wakefield and accelerate an externally injected low-energy electron beam to high energy in a 10 m long plasma.



In this talk, I will review the concept of proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration [1]. The great achievements from AWAKE experiment will be presented including the first demonstration of stable seeded self-modulated (SSM) and electron acceleration [2]. I will also introduce the progress of current AWAKE Run 2 experiment [3] and the future plans [4].



References:

[1] A. Caldwell et al., Nature Physics 5, 363 (2009).

[2] AWAKE Collaboration, Nature 561 (7723) 363 (2018).

[3] AWAKE Collaboration, Phys. Rev. Lett 129 (2) 024802 (2022).

[4] E. Gschwendtner (AWAKE Collaboration), Symmetry 14, 1680 (2022).