1. Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma
- Author
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Batsch, F, Muggli, P, Agnello, R, Ahdida, CC, Amoedo Goncalves, MC, Andrebe, Y, Apsimon, O, Apsimon, R, Bachmann, A-M, Baistrukov, MA, Blanchard, P, Braunmüller, F, Burrows, PN, Buttenschön, B, Caldwell, A, Chappell, J, Chevallay, E, Chung, M, Cooke, DA, Damerau, H, Davut, C, Demeter, G, Deubner, HL, Doebert, S, Farmer, J, Fasoli, A, Fedosseev, VN, Fiorito, R, Fonseca, RA, Friebel, F, Furno, I, Garolfi, L, Gessner, S, Gorgisyan, I, Gorn, AA, Granados, E, Granetzny, M, Graubner, T, Grulke, O, Gschwendtner, E, Hafych, V, Helm, A, Henderson, JR, Hüther, M, Kargapolov, I Yu, Kim, S-Y, Kraus, F, Krupa, M, Lefevre, T, Liang, L, Liu, S, Lopes, N, Lotov, KV, Martyanov, M, Mazzoni, S, Medina Godoy, D, Minakov, VA, Moody, JT, Moon, K, Morales Guzmán, PI, Moreira, M, Nechaeva, T, Nowak, E, Pakuza, C, Panuganti, H, Pardons, A, Perera, A, Pucek, J, Pukhov, A, Ramjiawan, RL, Rey, S, Rieger, K, Schmitz, O, Senes, E, Silva, LO, Speroni, R, Spitsyn, RI, Stollberg, C, Sublet, A, Topaloudis, A, Torrado, N, Tuev, PV, Turner, M, Velotti, F, Verra, L, Verzilov, VA, Vieira, J, Vincke, H, Welsch, CP, Wendt, M, Wing, M, Wiwattananon, P, Wolfenden, J, Woolley, B, Xia, G, Zepp, M, Zevi Della Porta, G, AWAKE Collaboration, and Collaboration, AWAKE
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Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph) ,Proton ,Other Fields of Physics ,Phase (waves) ,FOS: Physical sciences ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas [Domínio/Área Científica] ,01 natural sciences ,Instability ,Relativistic particle ,physics.plasm-ph ,0103 physical sciences ,010306 general physics ,physics.acc-ph ,Physics ,acceleration ,Plasma ,electron-beam ,Accelerators and Storage Rings ,Physics - Plasma Physics ,ddc ,Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph) ,Transverse plane ,Amplitude ,Physics::Accelerator Physics ,Physics - Accelerator Physics ,Atomic physics ,Event (particle physics) - Abstract
We use a relativistic ionization front to provide various initial transverse wakefield amplitudes for the self-modulation of a long proton bunch in plasma. We show experimentally that, with sufficient initial amplitude ($\ge(4.1\pm0.4)$ MV/m), the phase of the modulation along the bunch is reproducible from event to event, with 3 to 7% (of 2$\pi$) rms variations all along the bunch. The phase is not reproducible for lower initial amplitudes. We observe the transition between these two regimes. Phase reproducibility is essential for deterministic external injection of particles to be accelerated., Comment: Letter and Supplemental Material, 6 figures, 8 pages
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- 2021