Multi-gigaelectronvolt acceleration of positrons in a self-loaded plasma wakefield

Sébastien Corde (1, 2) , E. Adli (2, 3) , J. M. Allen (2) , W. An (4, 5) , C. I. Clarke (2) , C. E. Clayton (5) , J. P. Delahaye (2) , J. Frederico (2) , S. Gessner (2) , S. Z. Green (2) , M. J. Hogan (2) , C. Joshi (5) , N. Lipkowitz (2) , M. Litos (2) , W. Lu (6) , K. A. Marsh (5) , W. B. Mori (4, 5) , M. Schmeltz (2) , N. Vafaei-Najafabadi (5) , D. Walz (2) , V. Yakimenko (2) , G. Yocky (2)

1 LOA - Laboratoire d'optique appliquée
2 SLAC - SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
3 Department of Physics [Oslo]
4 Department of Physics and Astronomy [UCLA, Los Angeles]
5 UCLA - University of California [Los Angeles]
6 THU - Tsinghua University [Beijing]

Domains: Plasma Physics [physics.plasm-ph]

Sébastien Corde, E. Adli, J. M. Allen, W. An, C. I. Clarke, et al.. Multi-gigaelectronvolt acceleration of positrons in a self-loaded plasma wakefield. Nature, 2015, 524, pp.442. ⟨10.1038/nature14890⟩. ⟨hal-01187900⟩