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Article Dans Une Revue Phys.Rev.Accel.Beams Année : 2024

Positron Acceleration in Plasma Wakefields

G.J Cao
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C.A Lindstrøm
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E Adli
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S Gessner
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Résumé

Plasma acceleration has emerged as a promising technology for future particle accelerators, particularly linear colliders. Significant progress has been made in recent decades toward high-efficiency and high-quality acceleration of electrons in plasmas. However, this progress does not generalize to acceleration of positrons, as plasmas are inherently charge asymmetric. Here, we present a comprehensive review of historical and current efforts to accelerate positrons using plasma wakefields. Proposed schemes that aim to increase the energy efficiency and beam quality are summarised and quantitatively compared. A dimensionless metric that scales with the luminosity-per-beam power is introduced, indicating that positron-acceleration schemes are currently below the ultimate requirement for colliders. The primary issue is electron motion; the high mobility of plasma electrons compared to plasma ions, which leads to non-uniform accelerating and focusing fields that degrade the beam quality of the positron bunch, particularly for high efficiency acceleration. Finally, we discuss possible mitigation strategies and directions for future research.

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hal-04231366 , version 1 (06-10-2023)

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G.J Cao, C.A Lindstrøm, E Adli, S Corde, S Gessner. Positron Acceleration in Plasma Wakefields. Phys.Rev.Accel.Beams, 2024, 27 (3), pp.034801. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.27.034801⟩. ⟨hal-04231366⟩
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