Acceleration of electrons in the plasma wakefield of a proton bunch
- Submitting institution
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The University of Lancaster
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 244353526
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1038/s41586-018-0485-4
- Title of journal
- Nature
- Article number
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- First page
- 363
- Volume
- 561
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- August
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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5
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This paper presents the world’s first demonstration of acceleration of an electron bunch by a proton wake in a plasma, and provides a potential route to compact TeV lepton colliders, considered to be the next required high energy physics machine (The update of the European strategy for particle physics). The outputs of the AWAKE project have received international media attention, including The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/science/life-and-physics/2017/jan/08/a-new-cern-experiment-targets-even-higher-energies-eventually), New Scientist (https://www.newscientist.com/article/2178158-cerns-mini-particle-accelerator-could-finally-smash-apart-electrons/) and popular press. AWAKE was supported by STFC grants ST/R002347/1 and Cockcroft Core Grant ST/G008248/1.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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