Speaker
Laura Corner
(Cockcroft Institute, University of Liverpool)
Description
We report on the injection of 35MeV electron bunches into a laser-driven plasma wakefield at the CLARA linear accelerator, Daresbury Laboratory, UK. In this initial proof-of-principle experiment, we observed the broadening of the energy spectrum of 6ps electron bunches injected into a plasma, demonstrating successful acceleration/deceleration of electrons within the wakefield. We discuss further planned experiments on external injection at the upgraded CLARA/FEBE facility.
Acknowledgments
STFC Grant no. ST/V001612/1
Primary author
Laura Corner
(Cockcroft Institute, University of Liverpool)
Co-authors
Dr
Lewis Reid
(Cockcroft Institute, University of Liverpool)
Mr
Harry Jones
(Cockcroft Institute, University of Liverpool (now DESY))
Mr
Miles Radford
(Cockcroft Institute, University of Liverpool)
Mr
Jonathan Christie
(Cockcroft Institute, University of Liverpool)
Mr
Alex Morris
(Cockcroft Institute, University of Liverpool)
Mr
Lewis Boulton
(Cockcroft Insitute, University of Strathclyde)
Dr
Alex Knetsch
(LOA, ENSTA Paris, CNRS, France)
Dr
Elisabetta Boella
(Cockcroft Institute, University of Lancaster)
Prof.
Bernhard Hidding
(Cockcroft Institute, University of Strathclyde)
