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The '''AWAKE''' ('''Advanced WAKEfield Experiment''') facility at [[CERN]] is a proof-of-principle experiment, which investigates wakefield | The '''AWAKE''' ('''Advanced WAKEfield Experiment''') facility at [[CERN]] is a proof-of-principle experiment, which investigates wakefield plasma acceleration using a proton bunch as a driver, a world-wide first. It aims to accelerate a low-energy witness bunch of electrons from 15 to 20 MeV to several GeV over a short distance (10 m) by creating a high acceleration gradient of several GV/m. Particle accelerators currently in use, like CERN's [[Large Hadron Collider|LHC]], use standard or superconductive RF-cavities for acceleration, but they are limited to an acceleration gradient in the order of 100 MV/m. | ||
For more information, see [[wikipedia:AWAKE|Wikipedia]]. | For more information, see [[wikipedia:AWAKE|Wikipedia]]. | ||
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Revision as of 14:55, 16 January 2026
The AWAKE (Advanced WAKEfield Experiment) facility at CERN is a proof-of-principle experiment, which investigates wakefield plasma acceleration using a proton bunch as a driver, a world-wide first. It aims to accelerate a low-energy witness bunch of electrons from 15 to 20 MeV to several GeV over a short distance (10 m) by creating a high acceleration gradient of several GV/m. Particle accelerators currently in use, like CERN's LHC, use standard or superconductive RF-cavities for acceleration, but they are limited to an acceleration gradient in the order of 100 MV/m.
For more information, see Wikipedia.