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AKBP: Arbeitskreis Beschleunigerphysik
AKBP 5: New Accelerator Concepts II
AKBP 5.3: Talk
Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 17:00–17:15, NW-Bau - HS2
A Laser- and Particle Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator for High-Brightness Beams — •Thomas Heinemann1,2,3,4, Thomas Kurz5,6, Alexander Knetsch2, Olena Kononenko2, Jurjen Couperus5,6, Alexander Köhler5,6, Omid Zarini5,6, Michael Bussmann5,6, Bernhard Hidding3,4, Ralph Assmann2, Ulrich Schramm5,6, Alberto Martinez de la Ossa1,2, and Arie Irman5 — 1Universität Hamburg, Germany — 2Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg, Germany — 3University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK — 4The Cockcroft Institute, Warrington, UK — 5Helmhotz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf, Germany — 6Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Plasma wakefield accelerators can be driven by either a powerful laser pulse (LWFA) or a charged particle beam (PWFA). Here we present a novel plasma accelerator scheme which combines both schemes in a staged setup: The LWFA produces a high current beam electron beam which subsequently drives a PWFA where a new electron beam is produced and accelerated. This hybrid scenario explicitly makes use of several advantages unique to each method. Effectively, this LWFA-to-PWFA (LPWFA) staged setup operates as a beam brightness and energy booster of the initial LWFA output, aiming to match the demanding beam quality requirements of accelerator based light sources in a truly compact setup. We report on theoretical and numerical studies towards an experimental implementation at the DRACO laser facility at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden - Rossendorf (HZDR).