1. The FLASHForward facility at DESY
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Aschikhin, A, Behrens, C, Bohlen, S, Dale, J, Delbos, N, Di Lucchio, L, Elsen, E, Erbe, JH, Felber, M, Foster, B, Goldberg, L, Grebenyuk, J, Gruse, JN, Hidding, B, Hu, Z, Karstensen, S, Knetsch, A, Kononenko, O, Libov, V, Ludwig, K, Maier, AR, Martinez De La Ossa, A, Mehrling, T, Palmer, CAJ, Pannek, F, Schaper, L, Schlarb, H, Schmidt, B, Schreiber, S, Schwinkendorf, JP, Steel, H, Streeter, M, Tauscher, G, Wacker, V, Weichert, S, Wunderlich, S, Zemella, J, and Osterhoff, J
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Plasma ,Wakefield ,Acceleration ,Beam line ,Spectrometer ,physics.acc-ph ,Nuclear & Particles Physics ,Atomic ,Molecular ,Nuclear ,Particle and Plasma Physics ,Other Physical Sciences ,Astronomical and Space Sciences ,Atomic ,Molecular ,Nuclear ,Particle and Plasma Physics - Abstract
The FLASHForward project at DESY is a pioneering plasma-wakefield acceleration experiment that aims to produce, in a few centimetres of ionised hydrogen, beams with energy of order GeV that are of quality sufficient to be used in a free-electron laser. The plasma is created by ionising a gas in a gas cell with a multi-TW laser system. The plasma wave will be driven by high-current-density electron beams from the FLASH linear accelerator. The laser system can also be used to provide optical diagnostics of the plasma and electron beams due to the
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- 2016