External Electron Injection for the AWAKE Experiment

Abstract

We summarize and explain the realization of witness particle injection into wakefields for the AWAKE experiment. In AWAKE, the plasma wakefields are driven by a self-modulating relativistic proton bunch. To demonstrate that these wakefields can accelerate charged particles, we inject a [10-20]MeV electron bunch produced by a photo-injector. We summarize the experimental challenges of this injection process and present our plans for the near future.

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