III.15 — Plasma wakefield acceleration and the AWAKE experiment at CERN

The high gradient of plasma wakefield acceleration makes this technology very interesting for reducing the size (and cost) for future linear colliders. The idea is to use plasma to convert the transverse electric field of a drive bunch into a longitudinal electric field in the plasma. The more energy is available, the longer (distance-wise) these plasma wakefields can be driven.AWAKE is an international Collaboration, consisting of 22 institutes. In AWAKE many general issues are studied, which are relevant for concepts that are based on plasma wakefield acceleration.