Status of the Transverse Diagnostics at FLASHForward
Open Access
- 1 September 2018
- conference paper
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
- Vol. 1067 (4) , 042010
Abstract
Density modulations in plasma caused by a high-intensity laser or a high charge density electron pulse can generate extreme acceleration fields. Acceleration of electrons in such fields may produce ultra-relativistic, quasi-monoenergetic, ultra-short electron bunches over distances orders of magnitudes shorter than in state-of-the-art radio-frequency accelerators. FLASHForward is a beam-driven plasma wakefield accelerator (PWFA) project at DESY with the goal of producing, characterizing, and utilizing such beams. Temporal characterization of the acceleration process is of crucial importance for improving the stability and control in PWFA beams. While measurement of the transient field of the femtosecond bunch in a single shot is challenging, in recent years novel techniques with great promise have been developed [1, 2]. This work discusses the plans and status of the transverse diagnostics at FLASHForward.Keywords
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