Limitation on the accelerating gradient of a wakefield excited by an ultrarelativistic electron beam in rubidium plasma

We have investigated the viability of using plasmas formed by ionization of high Z, low ionization potential element rubidium (Rb) for beam-driven plasma wakefield acceleration. The Rb vapor column confined by argon (Ar) buffer gas was used to reduce the expected limitation on the beam propagation l...

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Main Authors: N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, K. A. Marsh, C. E. Clayton, W. An, W. B. Mori, C. Joshi, W. Lu, E. Adli, S. Corde, C. I. Clarke, M. Litos, S. Z. Green, S. Gessner, J. Frederico, A. S. Fisher, Z. Wu, D. Walz, M. J. Hogan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2016-10-01
Series:Physical Review Accelerators and Beams
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.19.101303