Beyond injection: Trojan horse underdense photocathode plasma wakefield acceleration

Bernhard B. Hidding; J.B. Rosenzweig; Y. Xi; B. O'Shea; G. Andonian; D. Schiller; S.  Barber; O. Williams; G. Pretzler; T. Königstein; F.  Kleeschulte; M.J. Hogan; M. Litos; S. Corde; W. White; P. Muggli; D.L. Bruhwiler; K. Lotov

doi:10.1063/1.4773760

Beyond injection: Trojan horse underdense photocathode plasma wakefield acceleration

Bernhard B. Hidding, J.B. Rosenzweig, Y. Xi, B. O'Shea, G. Andonian, D. Schiller, S. Barber, O. Williams, G. Pretzler, T. Königstein, F. Kleeschulte, M.J. Hogan, M. Litos, S. Corde, W. White, P. Muggli, D.L. Bruhwiler, K. Lotov

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An overview on the underlying principles of the hybrid plasma wakefield acceleration scheme dubbed "Trojan Horse" acceleration is given. The concept is based on laser-controlled release of electrons directly into a particle-beam-driven plasma blowout, paving the way for controlled, shapeable electron bunches with ultralow emittance and ultrahigh brightness. Combining the virtues of a low-ionization-threshold underdense photocathode with the GV/m-scale electric fields of a practically dephasing-free beam-driven plasma blowout, this constitutes a 4th generation electron acceleration scheme. It is applicable as a beam brightness transformer for electron bunches from LWFA and PWFA systems alike. At FACET, the proof-of-concept experiment "E-210: Trojan Horse Plasma Wakefield Acceleration" has recently been approved and is in preparation. At the same time, various LWFA facilities are currently considered to host experiments aiming at stabilizing and boosting the electron bunch output quality via a trojan horse afterburner stage. Since normalized emittance and brightness can be improved by many orders of magnitude, the scheme is an ideal candidate for light sources such as free-electron-lasers and those based on Thomson scattering and betatron radiation alike.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advanced Accelerator Concepts
Subtitle of host publication	15th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop
Editors	Rafal Zgadzaj, Erhard Gaul, Michael C. Downer
Place of Publication	Melville, NY
Pages	570-575
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773760
Publication status	Published - 21 Dec 2012
Event	Advanced Accelerator Concepts: 15th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop - Austin, United States Duration: 10 Jun 2012 → 15 Jun 2012

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Name	AIP Conference Proceedings
Publisher	AIP
Volume	1507
ISSN (Print)	0094-243X

Conference

Conference	Advanced Accelerator Concepts: 15th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop
Country/Territory	United States
City	Austin
Period	10/06/12 → 15/06/12

Keywords

beam-driven acceleration
controlled injection
high-brightness electron beams
laser-plasma-acceleration
light sources
ultralow emittance
trojan horse
undersense
photocathode plasma
wakefield acceleration

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Hidding, B. B., Rosenzweig, J. B., Xi, Y., O'Shea, B., Andonian, G., Schiller, D., Barber, S., Williams, O., Pretzler, G., Königstein, T., Kleeschulte, F., Hogan, M. J., Litos, M., Corde, S., White, W., Muggli, P., Bruhwiler, D. L., & Lotov, K. (2012). Beyond injection: Trojan horse underdense photocathode plasma wakefield acceleration. In R. Zgadzaj, E. Gaul, & M. C. Downer (Eds.), Advanced Accelerator Concepts: 15th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop (pp. 570-575). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1507).. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773760

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Hidding, BB, Rosenzweig, JB, Xi, Y, O'Shea, B, Andonian, G, Schiller, D, Barber, S, Williams, O, Pretzler, G, Königstein, T, Kleeschulte, F, Hogan, MJ, Litos, M, Corde, S, White, W, Muggli, P, Bruhwiler, DL & Lotov, K 2012, Beyond injection: Trojan horse underdense photocathode plasma wakefield acceleration. in R Zgadzaj, E Gaul & MC Downer (eds), Advanced Accelerator Concepts: 15th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop. AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1507, Melville, NY , pp. 570-575, Advanced Accelerator Concepts: 15th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop, Austin, United States, 10/06/12. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4773760

Beyond injection: Trojan horse underdense photocathode plasma wakefield acceleration. / Hidding, Bernhard B.; Rosenzweig, J.B.; Xi, Y. et al.
Advanced Accelerator Concepts: 15th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop. ed. / Rafal Zgadzaj; Erhard Gaul; Michael C. Downer. Melville, NY , 2012. p. 570-575 (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1507).

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