Collider design issues based on proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration

TL;DR

This paper discusses the design challenges of using proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration to develop compact electron-positron and electron-proton colliders leveraging existing CERN infrastructure.

Contribution

It identifies key design issues for future colliders based on proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration, proposing solutions for integrating with current CERN accelerators.

Findings

Proton bunches can excite strong plasma wakefields for high-energy acceleration.

Design considerations for compact colliders using existing proton beams.

Potential integration strategies with CERN infrastructure.

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. It therefore paves the way towards a compact future collider design using the proton beams from existing high-energy proton machines, e.g. Tevatron or the LHC. This paper addresses some key issues in designing a compact electron-positron linear collider and an electron-proton collider based on existing CERN accelerator infrastructure.