Update on seeded SM-LWFA and pseudo-resonant LWFA experiments - (STELLA-LW)

Aip Conference Proceedings 877 (2006) 534-540

Authors:

WD Kimura, NE Andreev, M Babzien, DB Cline, X Ding, SM Hooker, E Kallos, TC Katsouleas, KP Kusche, SV Kuznetsov, P Muggli, IV Pavlishin, IV Pogorelsky, AA Pogosova, LC Steinhauer, D Stolyarov, A Ting, V Yakimenko, A Zigler, F Zhou

Abstract:

The Staged Electron Laser Acceleration - Laser Wakefield (STELLA-LW) experiment is investigating two new methods for laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA) using the TW CO2 laser available at the Brookhaven National Laboratory Accelerator Test Facility. The first is seeded self-modulated LWFA where an ultrashort electron bunch (seed) precedes the laser pulse to generate a wakefield that the laser pulse subsequently amplifies. The second is pseudo-resonant LWFA where nonlinear pulse steepening of the laser pulse occurs in the plasma allowing the laser pulse to generate significant wakefields. The status of these experiments is reviewed. Evidence of wakefield generation caused by the seed bunches has been obtained as well as preliminary energy gain measurements of a witness bunch following the seeds. Comparison with a 1-D linear model for the wakefield generation appears to agree with the data. © 2006 American Institute of Physics.

High Quality Electron Bunches up to 1 GeV from Laser Wakefield Acceleration at LBNL

AIP Conference Proceedings AIP Publishing 877:1 (2006) 8-14

Authors:

E Esarey, B Nagler, AJ Gonsalves, Cs Toth, K Nakamura, CGR Geddes, CB Schroeder, J van Tilborg, S Hooker, WP Leemans, E Michel, J Cary, D Bruhwiler

Erratum: Bottom photoproduction measured using decays into muons in dijet events in ep collisions at s=318GeV (Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology (2004) 70, (012008))

Physical Review D Particles Fields Gravitation and Cosmology 74:5 (2006)

Authors:

S Chekanov, M Derrick, D Krakauer, JH Loizides, S Magill, S Miglioranzi, B Musgrave, J Repond, R Yoshida, MCK Mattingly, P Antonioli, G Bari, M Basile, L Bellagamba, D Boscherini, A Bruni, G Bruni, G Cara Romeo, L Cifarelli, F Cindolo, A Contin, M Corradi, S De Pasquale, P Giusti, G Iacobucci, A Margiotti, A Montanari, R Nania, F Palmonari, A Pesci, G Sartorelli, A Zichichi, G Aghuzumtsyan, D Bartsch, I Brock, S Goers, H Hartmann, E Hilger, P Irrgang, HP Jakob, O Kind, U Meyer, E Paul, J Rautenberg, R Renner, A Stifutkin, J Tandler, KC Voss, M Wang, A Weber, DS Bailey, NH Brook, JE Cole, GP Heath, T Namsoo, S Robins, M Wing, M Capua, A Mastroberardino, M Schioppa, G Susinno, JY Kim, YK Kim, JH Lee, IT Lim, MY Pac, A Caldwell, M Helbich, X Liu, B Mellado, Y Ning, S Paganis, Z Ren, WB Schmidke, F Sciulli, J Chwastowski, A Eskreys, J Figiel, A Galas, K Olkiewicz, P Stopa, L Zawiejski, L Adamczyk, T Bołd, I Grabowska-Bołd, D Kisielewska, AM Kowal, M Kowal, T Kowalski, M Przybycień, L Suszycki, D Szuba, J Szuba, A Kotański, W Słomiński, V Adler, U Behrens, I Bloch, K Borras, V Chiochia

GeV electron beams from a laser-plasma accelerator

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (2006) 538-539

Authors:

CB Schroeder, CS Tóth, B Nagler, AJ Gonsalves, K Nakamura, CGR Geddes, E Esarey, SM Hooker, WP Leemans

Measurement of high- Q 2 deep inelastic scattering cross sections with a longitudinally polarised positron beam at HERA

Physics Letters Section B Nuclear Elementary Particle and High Energy Physics 637:4-5 (2006) 210-222

Authors:

S Chekanov, M Derrick, S Magill, S Miglioranzi, B Musgrave, D Nicholass, J Repond, R Yoshida, MCK Mattingly, N Pavel, AG Yagües Molina, S Antonelli, P Antonioli, G Bari, M Basile, L Bellagamba, M Bindi, D Boscherini, A Bruni, G Bruni, L Cifarelli, F Cindolo, A Contin, M Corradi, S De Pasquale, G Iacobucci, A Margotti, R Nania, A Polini, L Rinaldi, G Sartorelli, A Zichichi, G Aghuzumtsyan, D Bartsch, I Brock, S Goers, H Hartmann, E Hilger, HP Jakob, M Jüngst, OM Kind, E Paul, J Rautenberg, R Renner, U Samson, V Schönberg, M Wang, M Wlasenko, NH Brook, GP Heath, JD Morris, T Namsoo, M Capua, S Fazio, A Mastroberardino, M Schioppa, G Susinno, E Tassi, JY Kim, KJ Ma, ZA Ibrahim, B Kamaluddin, WAT Wan Abdullah, Y Ning, Z Ren, WB Schmidke, F Sciulli, J Chwastowski, A Eskreys, J Figiel, A Galas, M Gil, K Olkiewicz, P Stopa, L Zawiejski, L Adamczyk, T Bołd, I Grabowska-Bołd, D Kisielewska, J Łukasik, M Przybycień, L Suszycki, A Kotański, W Słomiński, V Adler, U Behrens, I Bloch, A Bonato, K Borras, N Coppola, J Fourletova, A Geiser, D Gladkov, P Göttlicher, I Gregor, O Gutsche, T Haas, W Hain, C Horn, B Kahle

Abstract:

The cross sections for charged and neutral current deep inelastic scattering in e + p collisions with a longitudinally polarised positron beam have been measured using the ZEUS detector at HERA. The results, based on data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 23.8 pb -1 at sqrt(s) = 318   GeV, are given for both e + p charged current and neutral current deep inelastic scattering for both positive and negative values of the longitudinal polarisation of the positron beam. Single differential cross sections are presented for the kinematic region Q 2 > 200   GeV 2. The measured cross sections are compared to the predictions of the Standard Model. A fit to the data yields σ CC ( P e = - 1 ) = 7.4 ± 3.9 ( stat. ) ± 1.2 ( syst. )   pb, which is consistent within two standard deviations with the absence of right-handed charged currents in the Standard Model. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.