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Jul 5

Filamentation of a relativistic proton bunch in plasma

The Advanced Wakefield Experiment (AWAKE) at CERN in Switzerland is probing our understanding of particle beam-plasma interactions. The...

Mar 22

International AWAKE Collaboration Meets in Liverpool

Over 50 members of the Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment (AWAKE) project gathered in Liverpool on 11 – 13...

Feb 28

Tackling instabilities in a plasma wakefield accelerator

Plasma wakefield accelerators are widely regarded as a promising alternative to conventional RF-based accelerators due to their ability...

Nov 23, 2023

AWAKE-UK members take the pulse on the project

A group of members and associates of the AWAKE-UK collaboration met online on Friday 10 November to discuss the progress made in the...

Sep 20, 2023

Professor Peter Norreys recognised by the American Nuclear Society

Oxford University’s Professor Peter Norreys, a key member of the AWAKE-UK collaboration, has been awarded the American Nuclear Society’s...

May 12, 2023

AWAKE Collaboration meets in Uppsala

The Advanced Proton Driven Plasma Wakefield Acceleration Experiment (AWAKE) is proof-of-principle experiment investigating the use of...

Apr 21, 2023

Surfatron brings the physics of plasma accelerators to the classroom

The online game Surfatron, designed by Ricardo Torres has proven a useful tool to convey the challenges of plasma wakefield acceleration...

Mar 31, 2023

AWAKE researcher awarded prestigious Ernest Rutherford Fellowship

STFC has awarded an Ernest Rutherford Fellowship to Dr Morgan Hibberd from the University of Manchester, the first to be given in the...

Mar 30, 2023

AWAKE achieves first ever acceleration of electrons in a proton-driven plasma wave

Novel scheme paves way for entirely new range of particle physics experiments In a paper published today in the journal Nature, the AWAKE...

Mar 22, 2023

AWAKE-UK Collaboration met in Liverpool

On 17 March 2023, the AWAKE UK collaboration held its bi-annual meeting at Novotel Liverpool Paddington Village to discuss the status of...