Design of the proton and electron transfer lines for AWAKE Run 2c

Journal article

The Advanced Wakefield (AWAKE) Run 1 experiment, which concluded in 2018, achieved electron acceleration to 2GeV via plasma wakefield acceleration driven by 400GeV, self-modulated proton bunches extracted from the CERN SPS. The Run 2c phase of the experiment aims to advance these results by demonstrating acceleration up to about 10GeV while preserving the quality of the accelerated electron beam. For Run 2c, the Run 1 proton transfer line will be reconfigured to shift the first plasma cell 40m longitudinally and a second plasma cell will be added 1m downstream of the first. In addition, a new 150MeV beamline will be required to inject a witness electron beam, with a beam size of several microns, into the second plasma cell to probe the accelerating fields. Proposed adjustments to the proton transfer line and the design of the 150MeV electron transfer line are detailed in this paper.

Authors: Ramjiawan, R; Bencini, V; Burrows, PN; Velotti, FM

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Journal: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
• Volume: 1049
• Article number: 168094
• Publication date: 2023-01-30
• Acceptance date: 2023-01-25
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2023.168094
• EISSN: 1872-9576
• ISSN: 0168-9002
• Language: English
• Keywords: numerical optimisation; beam dynamics; plasma wakefield acceleration; FFR; transfer lines