Plasma wakefield acceleration studies using the quasi-static code WAKE
Abstract
The quasi-static code WAKE [P. Mora and T. Antonsen, Phys. Plasmas 4, 217 (1997)] is upgraded to model the propagation of an ultra-relativistic charged particle beam through a warm background plasma in plasma wakefield acceleration. The upgraded code is benchmarked against the full particle-in-cell code OSIRIS [Hemker et al., Phys. Rev. Spec. Top. Accel. Beams 3, 061301 (2000)] and the quasi-static code QuickPIC [Huang et al., J. Comput. Phys. 217, 658 (2006)]. The effect of non-zero plasma temperature on the peak accelerating electric field is studied for a two bunch electron beam driver with parameters corresponding to the plasma wakefield acceleration experiments at Facilities for Accelerator Science and Experimental Test Beams. It is shown that plasma temperature does not affect the energy gain and spread of the accelerated particles despite suppressing the peak accelerating electric field. The role of plasma temperature in improving the numerical convergence of the electric field with the grid resolution is discussed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 2015
- Source ID
- 10.1063/1.4907159
Entities
People
- John Palastro
- Neeraj Jain
- T. M. Antonsen Jr.
- Warren B. Mori
- Weiming An
Organizations
- Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
- National Science Foundation
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Department of Energy
- University of California
- University of Maryland