IPAC'25 - the 16th International Particle Accelerator Conference

Analysis of energy spread and longitudinal field characteristics in flat beam PWFA

TUPS119

3 Jun 2025, 16:00

2h

Exhibiton Hall A _Salmon (TWTC)

Poster Presentation MC3.A22 Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Tuesday Poster Session

Speaker

Pratik Manwani (University of California, Los Angeles)

Description

The plasma wakefield excited by highly asymmetric drivers has recently been the subject of extensive study. Unlike the case of axisymmetric drivers, the transverse focusing and longitudinal fields exhibit coordinate dependencies. There are still open questions regarding the longitudinal characterization of this blowout regime. In this work, we analyze the transverse dependence of the longitudinal field and explore the transverse distribution of the energy spread in witness beams for drivers with varying asymmetric emittances. These analytical results are compared with Particle-in-Cell (PIC) simulations to provide deeper insights into the dynamics of asymmetric wakefield interactions.

Funding Agency

This work was performed with support of the US Dept. of Energy, Division of High Energy Physics, under contract no. DE-SC0017648 and DESC0009914.