The possibility to accelerate electron beams to ultra-relativistic velocities over short
distances by using plasma-based technology holds the potential for a revolution in the field …

The interaction of intense particle bunches with plasma can give rise to plasma wakes,
capable of sustaining gigavolt-per-metre electric fields,, which are orders of magnitude …

Plasma acceleration has emerged as a promising technology for future particle accelerators,
particularly linear colliders. Significant progress has been made in recent decades toward …

I discuss some key opportunities and challenges of a PWFA collider, and outline some
objectives which I consider important to be able to assess the machine performance …

The breakthrough provided by plasma-based accelerators enabled unprecedented
accelerating fields by boosting electron beams to gigaelectronvolt energies within a few …

Radio-frequency particle accelerators are engines of discovery, powering high-energy
physics and photon science, but are also large and expensive due to their limited …

The construction of an electron–positron collider'Higgs factory'has been stalled for a decade,
not because of feasibility but because of the cost of conventional radio-frequency (RF) …

Modeling plasma accelerators is a computationally challenging task and the quasi-static
particle-in-cell algorithm is a method of choice in a wide range of situations. In this work, we …

Preserving the quality of a positron beam in a plasma-based accelerator, where a wakefield
suitable for positron transport and acceleration is generated by means of an electron …

Acceleration of positron beams in plasma-based accelerators is a highly challenging task.
To realize a plasma-based linear collider, acceleration of a positron bunch with high …