6 papers
| title: | RESULTS FROM THE UCLA/FNPL UNDERDENSE PLASMA LENS EXPERIMENT |
| format: | conference procceeding |
| conference: | Erice 2005 |
| year: | 2006 |
| 11 authors: | | | | | | | | | | | |
| abstract: | A gaussian underdense plasma lens with peak density 5 x 1012 cm−3 and a full width half maximum (FWHM) length of 2.2 cm has been used to focus a relativistic electron beam. This plasma lens is equivalent in strength to a quadrupole magnet with a 150 T/m field gradient. The lens focused a 15 MeV, 16 nC electron beam with initial dimensions σx,y ≈ 650 μm and σz ≈ 6.5 mm onto an optical transition radiation (OTR) screen ∼2 cm downstream of the lens. The average transverse area of the plasma focused electron beam was typically demagnified by a factor of 23. The evolution of the beam envelope in the area near the beam waist was measured for both round beams and asymmetric beams with x:y aspect ratios as large as 1:5. The light from the OTR screen in the round beam case was also imaged into a streak camera in order to directly measure the correlation between z and σ within the beam. |
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| title: | Status of the UCLA/NICADD Plasma Density Transition Trapping Experiment |
| format: | preprint |
| year: | 2004 |
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| abstract: | Plasma density transition trapping is a recently proposed self-injection scheme for plasma wake-field accelerators. This technique uses a sharp downward plasma density transition to trap and accelerate background plasma electrons in a plasma wake-field. This paper recounts the first attempt to demonstrate density transition trapping experimentally. The goal of the experiment is to capture a ∼ 100 pC, 1.5 MeV beam with 4% rms energy spread out of a 2.5x10^13 cm^−3 peak density plasma using a 6nC, 14 MeV drive beam. The first experimental run occurred at the Fermilab NICADD Photoinjector Laboratory (FNPL) between January and May 2004. While several key objectives were achieved, we were unable to achieve the drive beam parameters necessary for the experiment due to technical problems. We are in the process of resolving these problems in preparation for a second experimental run. |
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| title: | Plasma Wakefield Experiments |
| format: | conference procceeding |
| conference: | 10th Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop |
| year: | 2002 |
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| title: | Ultra high-gradient energy loss by a pulsed electron beam in a plasma |
| format: | conference procceeding |
| conference: | 2001 Particle Accelerator Conference |
| year: | 2001 |
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| 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(14) cm(-3) plasma, this implies a 140 MeV/m deceleration and 72 MeV/m acceleration gradient. (12 References). |
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| title: | Experimental testing of the TTF RF photoinjector |
| format: | conference procceeding |
| conference: | 1997 Particle Accelerator Conference |
| year: | 1998 |
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| abstract: | Results from the experimental testing of the prototype TESLA Test Facility (TTF) RF photoinjector are summarized. Preliminary measurements of the performance of the injector indicate that, with refinement, the design values for the transverse emittances (20 x 20 pi mm-mr) are not unrealistic, with uncompressed transverse emittances of 40 pi mm mr having been obtained under somewhat less ideal circumstances than those simulated. Preliminary pulse length measurements with and without the pulse compressor suggest pulse compression, but further study is required. |
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| title: | The UCLA/FNPL Time Resolved Underdense Plasma Lens Experiment |
| format: | journal article |
| year: | 2005 |
| 11 authors: | | | | | | | | | | | |
| abstract: | A gaussian underdense plasma lens with peak density 5 × 1012cm-3and a full width half maximum (FWHM) length of 2.2 cm has been used to focus a relativistic electron beam. This plasma lens has a focusing strength equivalent to a quadrupole magnet with a 150 T/m field gradient. The lens focused a 15 MeV, 16 nC electron beam with initial dimensions σr= 500 μm and σz= 5 mm onto an optical transition radiation (OTR) screen 2 cm downstream of the lens. The average transverse area of the plasma focused electron beam was typically demagnified by a factor of 22. The light from the OTR screen was imaged into a streak camera in order to directly measure the correlation between z and σrwithin the beam. |
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