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TY - CONF AU - Niknejadi, P. AU - D'Arcy, R.T.P. AU - Kaluza, M. AU - Knetsch, A. AU - Libov, V. AU - Martinez de la Ossa, A. AU - Mehrling, T.J. AU - Osterhoff, J. AU - Palmer, C.A.J. AU - Poder, K. AU - Schaper, L. AU - Schwab, M.B. AU - Sävert, A. AU - Wirth, C. ED - Koscielniak, Shane ED - Satogata, Todd ED - Schaa, Volker RW ED - Thomson, Jana TI - Status of the Transverse Diagnostics at FLASHForward J2 - Proc. of IPAC2018, Vancouver, BC, Canada, April 29-May 4, 2018 C1 - Vancouver, BC, Canada T2 - International Particle Accelerator Conference T3 - 9 LA - english AB - Density modulations in plasma caused by a high-intensity laser or a high charge density electron pulse can generate extreme acceleration fields. Acceleration of electrons in such fields may produce ultra-relativistic, quasi-monoenergetic, ultra-short electron bunches over distances orders of magnitudes shorter than in state-of-the-art radio-frequency accelerators. FLASHForward is such a beam-driven plasma wakefield accelerator (PWFA) project at DESY with the goal of producing, characterizing, and utilizing such beams. Temporal characterization of the acceleration process is of crucial importance for improving the stability and control in PWFA beams. While measurement of the transient field of the femtosecond bunch in a single shot is challenging, in recent years novel techniques with great promise have been developed** ***. This work discusses the plans and status of the transverse diagnostics at FLASHForward. PB - JACoW Publishing CP - Geneva, Switzerland SP - 1630 EP - 1633 KW - plasma KW - electron KW - laser KW - wakefield KW - diagnostics DA - 2018/06 PY - 2018 SN - 978-3-95450-184-7 DO - 10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2018-TUPML040 UR - http://jacow.org/ipac2018/papers/tupml040.pdf ER -