Experimental Observation of Plasma Wake-Field Acceleration

Experimental Plasma Wake-field Acceleration Project at the Vepp-5 Injection Complex

The project of an experimental facility based on the VEPP-5 injection complex is described. Due to a good quality of electron or positron beams and special beam preparation system, the facility opens several possibilities for studies of the plasma wakefield acceleration: high peak beam currents, arbitrary beam profiles, long term beamplasma interaction (up to the full driver depletion), and pre...

Plasma electron trapping and acceleration in a plasma wake field using a density transition.

A new scheme for plasma electron injection into an acceleration phase of a plasma wake field is presented. In this scheme, a single, short electron pulse travels through an underdense plasma with a sharp, localized, downward density transition. Near this transition, a number of background plasma electrons are trapped in the plasma wake field, due to the rapid wavelength increase of the induced ...

Wake field in dielectric acceleration structures.

In this study we present a general approach for the analysis of the wake field of a point charge moving in a vacuum tunnel bored in dielectric material that is uniform in the direction parallel to the motion of the bunch. In the transverse direction the structure surrounding the dielectric may have arbitrary geometry. A quasianalytic expression that relates the decelerating force with the first...

Observation of Laser Wake eld Acceleration of Electrons

The acceleration of electrons injected in a plasma wave generated by the laser wake eld mechanism has been observed. A maximum energy gain of 1.6 MeV has been measured and the maximum longitudinal electric eld is estimated to 1.5 GV/m. The experimental data agree with theoretical predictions when 3D e ects are taken into account. The duration of the plasma wave inferred from the number of accel...

A Plasma Wake Field Accelerator*