The Argonne Wakefield Accelerator or AWA research
focuses upon the physics and technology of advanced methods to accelerate
charged particles.The goals is to
identify and to develop techniques which may lead to more efficient,
compact, and inexpensive particle accelerators.
The AWA facility is supported by the DOE's
HEPD Section for Technology Development, and is specifically designed for
accelerator research which requires intense, short pulse electron beams.
Examples include wakefield acceleration, generation
of high power cm wavelength rf, and
beam-driven plasma-based techniques.
We welcome collaborators from within Argonne
and other institutions.
Wei
Gai presents the HEP Lunch Seminar titled “Argonne Flexible Linear
Collider.”
01/26/2009
Initial construction phase for a new AWA accelerator beamline begins.
This new accelerator is expected to eventually produce an electron drive
beam beyond 20 MeV.
12/05/08
The
newly-constructed RF Station
successfully generated its first pulse
