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URLhttps://doi.org/10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2025-TUPM089
TitleTwin-bunch modelling in linear accelerators for plasma wakefield acceleration
Authors
  • T. Long, J. Wood, L. Boulton, M. Scholz, S. Wesch, W. Decking, Y. Chen
    Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
  • J. Svensson
    Lund University
AbstractTwin electron bunches accelerated by high-energy linacs are attracting increasing interest especially in twin free-electron laser (FEL) pulse generation and beam-driven plasma wakefield acceleration (PWFA) studies. High-energy linacs may benefit from plasma accelerators, where a trailing bunch is accelerated in GV/m fields in a plasma wave driven by the leading bunch. This could facilitate high-energy physics, as well as greatly increase the available photon energy range of existing FELs without increasing the footprint. Here, initial analytical studies of twin-bunch generation in FLASH accelerator are carried out. With the initial beam longitudinal phase space properly tuned by temporally shaping the photocathode laser, together with optimizing linac settings, high-quality twin electron bunches with tunable delay and simultaneous bunch shaping can be generated, which is essential for energy-efficient PWFA with low energy spread.
Paperdownload: TUPM089.pdf
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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
Received28 May 2025
Revised04 June 2025
Accepted05 June 2025
Issued05 November 2025
DOI10.18429/JACoW-IPAC2025-TUPM089
Pages1361-1364