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20202026
most citedControlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma

29 citations · 76 across the 17 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

math.NA2026

Block diagonal preconditioners for arrow-shaped multiple saddle-point linear systems

Luca Bergamaschi, Michele Bergamaschi

We consider multiple saddle-point linear systems with block-arrow structure. We analyze exact and inexact Schur complement based block diagonal preconditioner, by characterizing th…

physics.plasm-ph2026

Demonstration of a 10-metre-long discharge plasma source for plasma wakefield acceleration

C. Amoedo, N. Lopes, N. E. Torrado +13

The AWAKE experiment at CERN uses high-energy proton bunches to drive plasma wakefields capable of accelerating electron bunches up to hundreds of GeV in a single plasma. Realising…

math.NA2026

Eigenvalue bounds for preconditioned symmetric multiple saddle-point matrices with block-triangular preconditioners

Luca Bergamaschi, Michele Bergamaschi, John W. Pearson

We develop eigenvalue bounds for symmetric, block-tridiagonal multiple saddle-point linear systems, preconditioned with block-triangular matrices, based on approximate Schur comple…

physics.acc-ph2024★ 2 cited

Measurement of the emittance of accelerated electron bunches at the AWAKE experiment

D. A. Cooke, F. Pannell, G. Zevi Della Porta +81

The vertical plane transverse emittance of accelerated electron bunches at the AWAKE experiment at CERN has been determined, using three different methods of data analysis. This is…

physics.plasm-ph2024★ 2 cited

Experimental Observation of Motion of Ions in a Resonantly Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator

M. Turner, E. Walter, C. Amoedo +15

We show experimentally that an effect of motion of ions, observed in a plasma-based accelerator, depends inversely on the plasma ion mass. The effect appears within a single wakefi…

physics.plasm-ph2023

Filamentation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma

L. Verra, C. Amoedo, N. Torrado +12

We show in experiments that a long, underdense, relativistic proton bunch propagating in plasma undergoes the oblique instability, that we observe as filamentation. We determine a…

physics.plasm-ph2023

Hosing of a long relativistic particle bunch in plasma

T. Nechaeva, L. Verra, J. Pucek +4

Experimental results show that hosing of a long particle bunch in plasma can be induced by wakefields driven by a short, misaligned preceding bunch. Hosing develops in the plane of…

physics.plasm-ph2023

Development of the Self-Modulation Instability of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma

L. Verra, S. Wyler, T. Nechaeva +7

Self-modulation is a beam-plasma instability that is useful to drive large-amplitude wakefields with bunches much longer than the plasma skin depth. We present experimental results…

physics.acc-ph2023

Techniques to seed the self-modulation instability of a long proton bunch in plasma

L. Verra, G. Zevi Della Porta, E. Gschwendtner +2

The Advanced Wakefield Experiment (AWAKE) at CERN relies on the seeded Self-Modulation (SM) of a long relativistic proton bunch in plasma to accelerate an externally injected MeV w…

physics.optics2023★ 5 cited

Generation of 10-m-lengthscale plasma columns by resonant and off-resonant laser pulses

G. Demeter, J. T. Moody, M. A. Kedves +7

Creating extended, highly homogeneous plasma columns like that required by plasma wakefield accelerators can be a challenge. We study the propagation of ultra-short, TW power ioniz…

physics.acc-ph2022★ 1 cited

The AWAKE Run 2 programme and beyond

Edda Gschwendtner, Konstantin Lotov, Patric Muggli +99

Plasma wakefield acceleration is a promising technology to reduce the size of particle accelerators. Use of high energy protons to drive wakefields in plasma has been demonstrated…

physics.plasm-ph2022★ 29 cited

Controlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma

L. Verra

A long, narrow, relativistic charged particle bunch propagating in plasma is subject to the self-modulation (SM) instability. We show that SM of a proton bunch can be seeded by the…

physics.acc-ph2021

Analysis of Proton Bunch Parameters in the AWAKE Experiment

V. Hafych, A. Caldwell, R. Agnello +85

A precise characterization of the incoming proton bunch parameters is required to accurately simulate the self-modulation process in the Advanced Wakefield Experiment (AWAKE). This…

physics.acc-ph2021

Beam halo from Touschek scattering in the KEK Accelerator Test Facility

R. Yang, A. Aryshev, P. Bambade +6

Beam halo is one of the crucial issues limiting the machine performance and causing radioactivation in high-intensity accelerators. A clear picture of beam-halo formation is of gre…

physics.plasm-ph2021

Simulation and Experimental Study of Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Linear Density Gradients

P. I. Morales Guzmán, P. Muggli, R. Agnello +88

We present numerical simulations and experimental results of the self-modulation of a long proton bunch in a plasma with linear density gradients along the beam path. Simulation re…

physics.plasm-ph2020★ 4 cited

Experimental study of extended timescale dynamics of a plasma wakefield driven by a self-modulated proton bunch

J. Chappell, E. Adli, R. Agnello +96

Plasma wakefield dynamics over timescales up to 800 ps, approximately 100 plasma periods, are studied experimentally at the Advanced Wakefield Experiment (AWAKE). The development o…

physics.acc-ph2020★ 1 cited

Proton beam defocusing in AWAKE: comparison of simulations and measurements

A. A. Gorn, M. Turner, E. Adli +96

In 2017, AWAKE demonstrated the seeded self-modulation (SSM) of a 400 GeV proton beam from the Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) at CERN. The angular distribution of the protons defle…

physics.plasm-ph2020★ 17 cited

Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient

F. Braunmüller, T. Nechaeva, AWAKE Collboration

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/negative gradient in/decreases…

physics.acc-ph2020★ 15 cited

Experimental Study of Wakefields Driven by a Self-Modulating Proton Bunch in Plasma

M. Turner, P. Muggli, the AWAKE Collaboration

We study experimentally the longitudinal and transverse wakefields driven by a highly relativistic proton bunch during self-modulation in plasma. We show that the wakefields' growt…