Abstract

Multi-GeV trapped electron bunches in a plasma wakefield accelerator (PWFA) are observed with normalized transverse emittance divided by peak current, ϵN,x/It , below the level of 0.2μm/kA . A theoretical model of the trapped electron emittance, developed here, indicates that emittance scales inversely with the square root of the plasma density in the nonlinear “bubble” regime of the PWFA. This model and simulations indicate that the observed values of ϵN,x/It result from multi-GeV trapped electron bunches with emittances of a fewμm and multi-kA peak currents.

Details

Title
Transverse emittance and current of multi-GeV trapped electrons in a plasma wakefield accelerator
Author
Kirby, N; Blumenfeld, I; Clayton, C E; Decker, F J; Hogan, M J; Huang, C; Ischebeck, R; Iverson, R H; Joshi, C; Katsouleas, T; W. Lu; Marsh, K A; Martins, S F; Mori, W B; Muggli, P; E. Oz; Siemann, R H; Walz, D R; Zhou, M
Section
ARTICLES
Publication year
2009
Publication date
May 2009
Publisher
American Physical Society
e-ISSN
10984402
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2551224013
Copyright
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