Particles physics experiments using the novel AWAKE accelerator technology
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Matthew Wing(UCL)
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Description
Plasma wakefield acceleration is a promising technique to increase the energy or reduce the size of accelerators. The use of proton bunches is compelling, as they have the potential to drive wakefields and accelerate electrons to high energy in a single accelerating stage. The AWAKE experiment at CERN uses intense bunches of protons from the SPS to drive wakefields into which bunches of electrons are injected. In this talk, the first measurements of electrons accelerated up to 2 GeV at the AWAKE experiment are presented. The future AWAKE Run 2 programme is then outlined, after which particle physics experiments could be possible. Ideas for the use of high energy electron beams such as in fixed-target experiments searching for dark photons and for a high energy electron-proton collider will be discussed.
