Speaker
Matthew Wing
(UCL)
Description
Recent simulations have shown that a high-energy proton bunch can excite strong plasma wakefields and accelerate a bunch of electrons to the energy frontier in a single stage of acceleration. Using this scheme could lead to a future ep collider using the protons from the LHC and a compact electron accelerator up to an energy of 100 GeV with a length of about 170 metres. The parameters of such a collider are discussed as well as conceptual layouts within the CERN accelerator complex. The physics of plasma wakefield acceleration will also be introduced, with the AWAKE experiment, a proof of principle demonstration of proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration, briefly reviewed, as well as the physics possibilities of such an ep collider.
Primary authors
Amir Aimidula
(Cockcroft Institute / University of Liverpool)
Prof.
Carsten Welsch
(Cockcroft Institute / University of Liverpool)
Matthew Wing
(UCL)
Oznur Mete
(University of Manchester, Cockcroft Institute)
Scott Mandry
(University College London, Max-Planck-Institut für Physik)
Swapan Chattopadhyay
(Cockcroft Institute, UK)
guoxing xia
(University of Manchester)
