PWFA linear collider improvements -- from previous concepts to HALHF

2025/09/09 by Adli, Erik, Lindstrøm, Carl A.
#Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2509.07910

Abstract

This note summarizes the major design changes from the plasma wakefield linear collider concept presented at Snowmass 2013 to the most recent HALHF 2.0 baseline.

Citations

• ABEL: The Adaptable Beginning-to-End Linac simulation framework
• Updated baseline design for HALHF: the hybrid, asymmetric, linear Higgs factory
• HALHF: a hybrid, asymmetric, linear Higgs factory using plasma- and RF-based acceleration
• Proceedings of the Erice Workshop: A new baseline for the hybrid, asymmetric, linear Higgs factory HALHF
• Development of a nonlinear plasma lens for achromatic beam transport
• Positron Acceleration in Plasma Wakefields
• Self-correcting longitudinal phase space in a multistage plasma accelerator
• A Beam Driven Plasma-Wakefield Linear Collider: From Higgs Factory to Multi-TeV

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• HALHF: a hybrid, asymmetric, linear Higgs factory using plasma- and RF-based acceleration
• Updated baseline design for HALHF: the hybrid, asymmetric, linear Higgs factory