17–22 May 2026
C.I.D
Europe/Zurich timezone

Short high-intensity bunches for the AWAKE experiment

THP4010
21 May 2026, 16:00
2h
C.I.D

C.I.D

Deauville, France
Poster Presentation MC4.A04: Hadron accelerators: Circular Accelerators Poster session

Speaker

Ivan Karpov (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Description

The AWAKE facility utilises high-intensity single bunches to drive resonant wakes in plasma for the acceleration of electrons. Twice shorter bunches are required from the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) for the next phase of the experimental programme. In addition, the reproducibility of the bunch distribution and intensity is essential. This contribution summarises the key improvements to approach the new target parameters. An enhanced bunch production scheme was developed in the Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB). It allows the preservation of the small longitudinal emittance during acceleration in the Proton Synchrotron (PS) without triggering an instability during the transition crossing. In addition, a double-voltage jump bunch rotation scheme has been implemented in the SPS, with radio-frequency (RF) voltage functions synchronised to the variable extraction time. The measurement results confirm the feasibility of achieving the target beam parameters.

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Authors

Alexandre Lasheen (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Arthur Spierer (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Giulia Papotti (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Gregoire Hagmann (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Heiko Damerau (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Ivan Karpov (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Jake Flowerdew (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Leandro Intelisano (European Organization for Nuclear Research) Simon Albright (European Organization for Nuclear Research)

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