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The flat beam plasma wakefield acceleration experiment at the Argonne Wakefield Accelerator investigates asymmetric beam-driven plasma wake excitation using transversely shaped electron beams having a large transverse aspect ratio to study novel wakefield structures and beam–plasma interactions relevant to advanced accelerator concepts. Magnetized beams at the cathode were transformed into flat beams using skew quadrupoles for emittance partitioning. In parallel, the plasma source has been tested and commissioned at AWA, and is currently being integrated with the beamline for upcoming experimental studies. Initial beam–plasma interaction measurements are expected in the near term, with preliminary results anticipated by the time of the conference. This work contributes to understanding elliptical wake excitation from flat beam geometries.
| Working group | WG3 |
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