Würzburg 2018 – wissenschaftliches Programm

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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 45: Hauptvorträge II

T 45.1: Hauptvortrag

Mittwoch, 21. März 2018, 11:00–11:35, Z6 - HS 0.004

Plasma Wakefield Accelerators - The Wave of the Future or a Side Note in History? — •Jens Osterhoff — Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Hamburg

The field of particle acceleration in plasma wakes has seen remarkable progress in recent years. These days, acceleration gradients of more than 10 GV/m can be readily achieved using either ultra-short intense laser pulses or high-current-density particle beams as wakefield drivers. With the demonstration of first GeV electron beams and a general trend towards improved reproducibility, beam quality and control over the involved plasma processes, plasma-acceleration techniques are starting to draw considerable interest in the traditional accelerator community. As a consequence, DESY, Germany's leading accelerator centre, has established a research programme for plasma-based novel acceleration techniques with the goal to symbiotically combine conventional and new accelerator concepts for future applications in medical imaging, photon science, and particle physics. This presentation will review plasma-wakefield principles and sketch possible pathways to first usage scenarios.