Integration of a Terawatt Laser at the CERN SPS Beam for the AWAKE Experiment on Proton-Driven Plasma Wake Acceleration

Fedosseev, Valentin; Battistin, Michele; Chevallay, Eric; Chritin, Nicolas; Clerc, Vincent; Feniet, Thierry; Friebel, Florence; Galleazzi, Frederic; Gander, Pierre; Gschwendtner, Edda; Hansen, Jan; Heßler, Christoph; Martyanov, Mikhail; Masi, Alessandro; Moody, Joshua; Muggli, Patric; Pardons, Ans; Salveter, Friederike; Szczurek, Krzysztof

doi:10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-WEPMY020

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TY - CONF
AU - Fedosseev, V.
AU - Battistin, M.
AU - Chevallay, E.
AU - Chritin, N.
AU - Clerc, V.
AU - Feniet, T.
AU - Friebel, F.
AU - Galleazzi, F.
AU - Gander, P.
AU - Gschwendtner, E.
AU - Hansen, J.
AU - Heßler, C.
AU - Martyanov, M.
AU - Masi, A.
AU - Moody, J.T.
AU - Muggli, P.
AU - Pardons, A.
AU - Salveter, F.
AU - Szczurek, K.A.
ED - Schaa, Volker RW
ED - Petit-Jean-Genaz, Christine
ED - Ko, In Soo
ED - Kim, Dong Eon
ED - Kim, Kyung Sook
TI - Integration of a Terawatt Laser at the CERN SPS Beam for the AWAKE Experiment on Proton-Driven Plasma Wake Acceleration
J2 - Proc. of IPAC2016, Busan, Korea, May 8-13, 2016
C1 - Busan, Korea
T2 - International Particle Accelerator Conference
T3 - 7
LA - english
AB - In the AWAKE experiment a high-power laser pulse ionizes rubidium atoms inside a 10 m long vapor cell thus creating a plasma for proton-driven wakefield acceleration of electrons. Propagating co-axial with the SPS proton beam the laser pulse seeds the self-modulation instability within the proton bunch on the front of plasma creation. The same laser will also generate UV-pulses for production of a witness electron beam using an RF-photoinjector. The experimental area formerly occupied by CNGS facility is being modified to accommodate the AWAKE experiment. A completely new laser laboratory was built, taking into account specific considerations related to underground work. The requirements for AWAKE laser installation have been fulfilled and vacuum beam lines for delivery of laser beams to the plasma cell and RF-photoinjector have been constructed. First results of laser beam hardware commissioning tests following the laser installation will be presented.
PB - JACoW
CP - Geneva, Switzerland
SP - 2592
EP - 2595
KW - laser
KW - plasma
KW - proton
KW - electron
KW - vacuum
DA - 2016/06
PY - 2016
SN - 978-3-95450-147-2
DO - 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2016-WEPMY020
UR - http://jacow.org/ipac2016/papers/wepmy020.pdf
ER -