Speaker
James Chappell
(University College London)
Description
Initial simulations investigating using the RHIC-EIC proton beam as the drive beam in a plasma wakefield acceleration experiment are presented. The proton beam enters the plasma and undergoes self-modulation, forming a series of microbunches. These microbunches resonantly drive electron density perturbations within the plasma, exciting a longitudinal electric field with accelerating gradients in excess of $\mathrm{GVm^{-1}}$. Injecting electrons into the resulting wakefield offers an efficient method for accelerating electron bunches for use in the proposed EIC collider.
Primary author
James Chappell
(University College London)
Co-authors
Allen Caldwell
(Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik (DE))
Matthew Wing
(University College London)
