Interferometer-based high-accuracy white light measurement of neutral rubidium density and gradient at AWAKE

The AWAKE experiment requires an automated online rubidium (Rb) plasma density and gradient diagnostic for densities between 1 and 10$\cdot$10$^{14}$ cm$^{-3}$. A linear density gradient along the plasma source at the percent level may be useful to improve the electron acceleration process. Because of full laser ionization of Rb vapor to Rb$^{+}$ within a radius of 1 mm, the plasma density equals the vapor density. We measure the Rb vapor densities at both ends of the source, with high precision using, white light interferometry. At either source end, broadband laser light passes a remotely controlled Mach-Zehnder interferometer built out of single mode fibers. The resulting interference signal, influenced by dispersion in the vicinity of the Rb D1 and D2 transitions, is dispersed in wavelength by a spectrograph. Fully automated Fourier-based signal conditioning and a fit algorithm yield the density with an uncertainty between the measurements at both ends of 0.11 to 0.46 $\%$ over the entire density range. These densities used to operate the plasma source are displayed live in the control room.Comment: 5 pages, 8 figures, EAAC2017 conference proceedin

Towards a Muon Collider

A muon collider would enable the big jump ahead in energy reach that is needed for a fruitful exploration of fundamental interactions. The challenges of producing muon collisions at high luminosity and 10 TeV centre of mass energy are being investigated by the recently-formed International Muon Collider Collaboration. This Review summarises the status and the recent advances on muon colliders design, physics and detector studies. The aim is to provide a global perspective of the field and to outline directions for future work.Comment: 118 pages, 103 figure

Towards a muon collider

A muon collider would enable the big jump ahead in energy reach that is needed for a fruitful exploration of fundamental interactions. The challenges of producing muon collisions at high luminosity and 10 TeV centre of mass energy are being investigated by the recently-formed International Muon Collider Collaboration. This Review summarises the status and the recent advances on muon colliders design, physics and detector studies. The aim is to provide a global perspective of the field and to outline directions for future work

Towards a muon collider

A muon collider would enable the big jump ahead in energy reach that is needed for a fruitful exploration of fundamental interactions. The challenges of producing muon collisions at high luminosity and 10 TeV centre of mass energy are being investigated by the recently-formed International Muon Collider Collaboration. This Review summarises the status and the recent advances on muon colliders design, physics and detector studies. The aim is to provide a global perspective of the field and to outline directions for future work

Erratum: Towards a muon collider

The original online version of this article was revised: The additional reference [139] has been added. Tao Han’s ORICD ID has been incorrectly assigned to Chengcheng Han and Chengcheng Han’s ORCID ID to Tao Han. Yang Ma’s ORCID ID has been incorrectly assigned to Lianliang Ma, and Lianliang Ma’s ORCID ID to Yang Ma. The original article has been corrected

Setup and Characteristics of a Timing Reference Signal with sub-ps Accuracy for AWAKE

We describe a method to overcome the triggering jitter of a streak camera to obtain less noisy images of a self-modulated proton bunch over long time scales (~ 400 ps to ns) with the time resolution (~ 1 ps) of the short time scale images (73 ps). We also determine that this method, using a reference laser pulse with a variable delay, leads to the determination of the time delay between the ionizing laser pulse and the reference pulse with an error of 0.6 ps (rms).We describe a method to overcome the triggering jitter of a streak camera to obtain less noisy images of a self-modulated proton bunch over long time scales ($\sim$ 400 ps to ns) with the time resolution ($\sim$ 1 ps) of the short time scale images (73 ps). We also determine that this method, using a reference laser pulse with a variable delay, leads to the determination of the time delay between the ionizing laser pulse and the reference pulse with an error of 0.6 ps (rms)

Intensity Effects in a Chain of Muon RCSs

International audienceThe muon collider offers an attractive path to a compact, multi-TeV lepton collider. However, the short muon lifetime leads to stringent requirements on the fast energy increase. While extreme energy gains in the order of several GeV per turn are crucial for a high elevated muon survival rate, ultra-short and intense bunches are needed to achieve large luminosity. The longitudinal beam dynamics of a chain of rapid cycling synchrotrons (RCS) for acceleration from around 60 GeV to several TeV is being investigated in the framework of the International Muon Collider Collaboration. Each RCS must have a distributed radio-frequency (RF) system with several hundred RF stations to establish stable synchrotron motion. In this contribution, the beam-induced voltage in each RCS is studied, assuming a single high-intensity bunch per beam in each direction and ILC-like 1.3 GHz accelerating structures. The impact of single- and multi-turn wakefields on longitudinal stability and RF power requirements is analysed with particle tracking simulations. Special attention is moreover paid to the beam power deposited into the higher-order modes of the RF cavities

Transverse Coherent Instability Studies for the High-Energy Part of the Muon Collider Complex

International audienceThe International Muon Collider Collaboration (IMCC) is studying a 3 TeV center-of-mass muon collider ring, as well as a possible next stage at 10 TeV. Muons being 200 times heavier than electrons, limitations from synchrotron radiation are mostly suppressed, but the muon decay drives the accelerator chain design. After the muon and anti-muon bunches are produced and 6D cooled, a series of Linac, recirculating Linac and Rapid Cycling Synchrotron (RCS) quickly accelerate the bunches before the collider ring. A large number of RF cavities are required in the RCS to ensure that over 90% of the muons survive in each ring. The effects of cavities higher-order modes on transverse coherent stability have been looked at in detail, including the one of a bunch offset in the cavities, along with possible mitigation measures. In the collider ring, the decay of high-energy muons is a challenge for heat load management and radiation shielding. A tungsten liner would protect the superconducting magnet from decay products. Impedance and related beam stability have been investigated to identify the minimum vacuum chamber radius and transverse damper properties required for stable beams

Generation and delivery of an ultraviolet laser beam for the RF-photoinjector of the AWAKE electron beam

In the AWAKE experiment, the electron beam is used to probe the proton-driven wakefield acceleration in plasma. Electron bunches are produced using an rf-gun equipped with a Cs$_2$Te photocathode illuminated by an ultraviolet (UV) laser pulse. To generate the UV laser beam a fraction of the infrared (IR) laser beam used for production of rubidium plasma is extracted from the laser system, time-compressed to a picosecond scale and frequency tripled using nonlinear crystals. The optical line for transporting the laser beam over the 24 m distance was built using rigid supports for mirrors and air-evacuated tube to minimize beam-pointing instabilities. Construction of the UV beam optical system enables appropriate beam shaping and control of its size and position on the cathode, as well as time delay with respect to the IR pulse seeding the plasma wakefield