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Ultra high-gradient energy loss by a pulsed electron beam in a plasma

Authors :
P.L. Colestock
James Santucci
James Rosenzweig
Michael J. Fitch
N. Barov
Kip Bishofberger
H. Edwards
Jean-Paul Carneiro
W. H. Hartung
Source :
PACS2001. Proceedings of the 2001 Particle Accelerator Conference (Cat. No.01CH37268).
Publication Year :
2002
Publisher :
IEEE, 2002.

Abstract

The plasma wake-field mechanism can be used to couple energy at a high rate from a bunched electron beam into a plasma wave. We will present results from the Fermilab A0 facility where a beam with an initial energy of 14 MeV passes through the plasma to emerge with a much broader energy spread, spanning from a low of 3 MeV to a high of over 20 MeV. Over the 8 cm length of the 10/sup 14/ cm/sup -3/ plasma, this implies a 140 MeV/m deceleration and 72 MeV/m acceleration gradient.

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
PACS2001. Proceedings of the 2001 Particle Accelerator Conference (Cat. No.01CH37268)
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........61b4a27a421b8c042736fa64dc9cd8cb
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1109/pac.2001.987449