17–22 May 2026
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Integration of Beam-Tracking and PIC Simulations for PWFA Studies at CLARA-FEBE

TUP3062
19 May 2026, 16:00
2h
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Deauville, France
Poster Presentation MC3.A22: Advanced techniques/Novel sources: Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Poster session

Speaker

Jiaqi Zhang (University of Manchester, Cockcroft Institute)

Description

With the upgrade of the CLARA facility, it is now eligible to deliver high-quality electron beams with energies of up to 250 MeV. We have performed various particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations using the CLARA beam parameters with idealized Gaussian distribution*. As the beam propagates through the beam-shaping and transport system, its phase-space distribution becomes more complex. In this work, PIC simulations are integrated into a start-to-end (S2E) simulation framework to address the issue. We use CLARA beam distribution from a beam tracking code as input for PIC simulations with FBPIC code, and simulate plasma wakefield acceleration with CLARA beam for a more realistic modeling of the experiment. The FBPIC simulation output can then be tracked through the CLARA dump line to simulate diagnostics signals such as screen images and to create a virtual experiment.

Footnotes

  • E. W. Snedden et al., Phys Rev Accel Beams 27, 041602 (2024)
    ** G. Xia et al., Nucl Instrum Methods A 740 (2014)
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Author

Shuyan Wen (University of Manchester, Cockcroft Institute)

Co-authors

James Jones (ASTeC, STFC Daresbury Laboratory, Cockcroft Institute) Dr Hossein Saberi (University of Manchester, Cockcroft Institute) Jiaqi Zhang (University of Manchester, Cockcroft Institute) Guoxing Xia (University of Manchester, Cockcroft Institute)

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