The self-modulation instability is a key effect that makes possible the usage of nowadays
proton beams as drivers for plasma wakefield acceleration. Development of the instability in …

It is shown that co-linear injection of electrons or positrons into the wakefield of the self-
modulating particle beam is possible and ensures high energy gain. The witness beam must …

Abstract The SINBAD facility (Short INnovative Bunches and Accelerators at D ESY) is a
long-term dedicated accelerator research and development facility currently under …

Drive particle beams in linear or weakly nonlinear regimes of the plasma wakefield
accelerator quickly reach a radial equilibrium with the wakefield, which is described in detail …

Self-modulation of an electron beam in a plasma has been observed. The propagation of a
long (several plasma wavelengths) electron bunch in an overdense plasma resulted in the …

Short wavelength, high intensity Free Electron Lasers (FELs) require a high brightness
electron beam, ie the beam should have small transverse and longitudinal sizes, small …

The European XFEL has planned to perform pump-probe experiments by using its x-ray
pulses and THz pulses. A promising concept to provide the THz pulses is to generate them …

The self-modulation instability of long particle beams was proposed as a new mechanism to
produce driver beams for proton driven plasma wakefield acceleration (PWFA). The PWFA …

The initial beam emittance determines the maximum wakefield amplitude that can be
reached as a result of beam self-modulation in the plasma. The wakefield excited by the fully …

Proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration has been demonstrated in simulations to be
capable of accelerating particles to the energy frontier in a single stage, but its potential is …