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The FLASHForward Facility at DESY
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Aschikhin, A.; Behrens, C.; Bohlen, S.; Dale, J.; Delbos, N.; di Lucchio, L.; Elsen, E.; Erbe, J. -H.; Felber, M.; Foster, B.; Goldberg, L.; Grebenyuk, J.; Gruse, J. -N.; Hidding, B.; Hu, Zhanghu; Karstensen, S.; Knetsch, A.; Kononenko, O.; Libov, V.; Ludwig, K.; Maier, A. R.; de la Ossa, A. Martinez; Mehrling, T.; Palmer, C. A. J.; Pannek, F.; Schaper, L.; Schlarb, H.; Schmidt, B.; Schreiber, S.; Schwinkendorf, J. -P.; Steel, H.; Streeter, M.; Tauscher, G.; Wacker, V.; Weichert, S.; Wunderlich, S.; Zemella, J.; Osterhoff, J.
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The FLASHForward project at DESY is a pioneering plasma-wakefield acceleration experiment that aims to produce, in a few centimetres of ionised hydrogen, beams with energy of order GeV that are of quality sufficient to be used in a free-electron laser. The plasma wave will be driven by high-current density electron beams from the FLASH linear accelerator and will explore both external and internal witness-beam injection techniques. The plasma is created by ionising a gas in a gas cell with a multi-TW laser system, which can also be used to provide optical diagnostics of the plasma and electron beams due to the <30 fs synchronisation between the laser and the driving electron beam. The operation parameters of the experiment are discussed, as well as the scientific program.
Comment: 19 pages, 9 figures
Comment: 19 pages, 9 figures