- Aschikhin, A;
- Behrens, C;
- Bohlen, S;
- Dale, J;
- Delbos, N;
- di Lucchio, L;
- Elsen, E;
- Erbe, J-H;
- Felber, M;
- Foster, B;
- Goldberg, L;
- Grebenyuk, J;
- Gruse, J-N;
- Hidding, B;
- Hu, Zhanghu;
- Karstensen, S;
- Knetsch, A;
- Kononenko, O;
- Libov, V;
- Ludwig, K;
- Maier, AR;
- de la Ossa, A Martinez;
- Mehrling, T;
- Palmer, CAJ;
- Pannek, F;
- Schaper, L;
- Schlarb, H;
- Schmidt, B;
- Schreiber, S;
- Schwinkendorf, J-P;
- Steel, H;
- Streeter, M;
- Tauscher, G;
- Wacker, V;
- Weichert, S;
- Wunderlich, S;
- Zemella, J;
- Osterhoff, J
The FLASHForward project at DESY is a pioneering plasma-wakefield acceleration experiment that aims to produce, in a few centimetres of ionised hydrogen, beams with energy of order GeV that are of quality sufficient to be used in a free-electron laser. The plasma is created by ionising a gas in a gas cell with a multi-TW laser system. The plasma wave will be driven by high-current-density electron beams from the FLASH linear accelerator. The laser system can also be used to provide optical diagnostics of the plasma and electron beams due to the <30 fs synchronisation between the laser and the driving electron beam. The project will explore both external and internal witness-beam injection techniques. The operation parameters of the experiment are discussed, as well as the scientific programme.
