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Proton bunch self-modulation in plasma with density gradient

Abstract:
We study experimentally the effect of linear plasma density gradients on the self-modulation of a 400 GeV proton bunch. Results show that a positive or negative gradient increases or decreases the number of microbunches and the relative charge per microbunch observed after 10 m of plasma. The measured modulation frequency also increases or decreases. With the largest positive gradient we observe two frequencies in the modulation power spectrum. Results are consistent with changes in wakefields’ phase velocity due to plasma density gradients adding to the slow wakefields’ phase velocity during self-modulation growth predicted by linear theory.
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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.264801

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Particle Physics
Oxford college:
Jesus College
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Sub department:
Particle Physics
Oxford college:
Jesus College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0003-1248-8608

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Division:
MPLS
Department:
Physics
Oxford college:
Jesus College
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Publisher:
American Physical Society
Journal:
Physical Review Letters More from this journal
Volume:
125
Article number:
264801
Publication date:
2020-12-28
Acceptance date:
2020-11-10
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EISSN:
1079-7114
ISSN:
0031-9007


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English
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Pubs id:
1148658
Local pid:
pubs:1148658
Deposit date:
2020-12-11
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