An ep collider based on proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration

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Title	An ep collider based on proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration
Contributors	M Wing (UCL), G Xia (Cockcroft Inst., and Manchester Univ.), O Mete (Cockcroft Inst., and Manchester Univ.), A Aimidula (Cockcroft Inst., and Liverpool Univ.), CP Welsch (Cockcroft Inst., and Manchester Univ.), S Chattopadhyay (Cockcroft Inst., Lancaster Univ., Liverpool Univ., and Manchester Univ.), S Mandry (Max Planck Institute for Physics, Munich and UCL)
Abstract	Recent simulations have shown that a high-energy proton bunch can excite strong plasma wakefields and accelerate a bunch of electrons to the energy frontier in a single stage of acceleration. This scheme could lead to a future ep collider using the LHC for the proton beam and a compact electron accelerator of length 170 m, producing electrons of energy up to 100 GeV. The parameters of such a collider are discussed as well as conceptual layouts within the CERN accelerator complex. The physics of plasma wakefield acceleration will also be introduced, with the AWAKE experiment, a proof of principle demonstration of proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration, briefly reviewed, as well as the physics possibilities of such an ep collider.
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Paper In Conference Proceedings	In XXII. International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering and Related Subjects, Warsaw, Poland, 28 Apr 2014 - 2 May 2014, (2014).		Cockcroft-14-28.pdf	2014