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URLhttps://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2025-TUPM004
TitleSimulations and experimental commissioning results of the AWAKE Run 2 photoinjector
Authors
  • A. Eager, S. Doebert
    European Organization for Nuclear Research
AbstractAWAKE (Advanced Wakefield Experiment) is the world’s first proton-driven plasma wake field acceleration experiment and has demonstrated the acceleration of electrons to several GeV’s in its first Run. The goal of Run2 is acceleration of a witness bunch whilst preserving beam quality and experiment scalability. AWAKE drives high gradient plasma wake fields using a proton beam, then a secondary electron beam is accelerated which is externally injected from a dedicated injector which consists of an S-band Rf-gun and an X-band bunching and acceleration system. This S band RF-Photoinjector for the AWAKE Run 2 experiment at CERN is currently being commissioned. The obtained experimental results are presented and compared to simulations in this paper. Overall, the commissioning demonstrates successful matching of beam parameters with the design values, supported by ASTRA simulations. This lays the groundwork for low emittance electron beam injection into the AWAKE plasma and opens possibilities for future high-gradient acceleration experiments.
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Conference16th International Particle Accelerator Conference
Series
LocationTaipei, Taiwan
Date01-06 Jun 2025
PublisherJACoW Publishing, Geneva, Switzerland
Editorial Board* Ming-Chyuan Lin - National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center * Yoichi Sato - KEK * Jui-Che Huang - National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center * David Button - Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation * Ping-Shun Chuang - National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
Online ISBN978-3-95450-248-6
Online ISSN2673-5490
Received19 May 2025
Revised30 May 2025
Accepted30 May 2025
Issued05 November 2025
DOI10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2025-TUPM004
Pages1171-1174