# Journal article

## AWAKE readiness for the study of the seeded self-modulation of a 400 GeV proton bunch

Abstract:

AWAKE is a proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration experiment. We show that the experimental setup briefly described here is ready for systematic study of the seeded self-modulation of the 400 GeV proton bunch in the 10 m long rubidium plasma with density adjustable from 1 to $10\times {10}^{14}$ cm−3. We show that the short laser pulse used for ionization of the rubidium vapor propagates all the way along the column, suggesting full ionization of the vapor. We show that ionization occurs...

Publication status:
Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

### Access Document

Publisher copy:
10.1088/1361-6587/aa941c

### Authors

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Author
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0000-0001-9669-8519
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Grant:
FP7 EuCARD-2, Grant Agreement 312453 (WP13, ANAC2
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Publisher:
IOP Publishing Publisher's website
Journal:
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Journal website
Volume:
60
Issue:
1
Article number:
014046
Publication date:
2017-11-29
Acceptance date:
2017-10-17
DOI:
EISSN:
1361-6587
ISSN:
0741-3335
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Pubs id:
pubs:812856
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Local pid:
pubs:812856
Source identifiers:
812856
Deposit date:
2018-05-20