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Longitudinal Phase-Space Manipulation with Beam-Driven Plasma Wakefields

V. Shpakov et al.
Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 114801 – Published 19 March 2019

Abstract

The development of compact accelerator facilities providing high-brightness beams is one of the most challenging tasks in the field of next-generation compact and cost affordable particle accelerators, to be used in many fields for industrial, medical, and research applications. The ability to shape the beam longitudinal phase space, in particular, plays a key role in achieving high-peak brightness. Here we present a new approach that allows us to tune the longitudinal phase space of a high-brightness beam by means of plasma wakefields. The electron beam passing through the plasma drives large wakefields that are used to manipulate the time-energy correlation of particles along the beam itself. We experimentally demonstrate that such a solution is highly tunable by simply adjusting the density of the plasma and can be used to imprint or remove any correlation onto the beam. This is a fundamental requirement when dealing with largely time-energy correlated beams coming from future plasma accelerators.

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  • Received 4 December 2018

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.114801

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Accelerators & BeamsPlasma Physics

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Vol. 122, Iss. 11 — 22 March 2019

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