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Charged particle acceleration by an intense wake-field excited in plasmas by either laser pulse or relativistic electron bunch

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2004

V. A. BALAKIREV ,
I. V. KARAS‘ ,
V. I. KARAS‘ ,
V. D. LEVCHENKO  and
M. BORNATICI
V. A. BALAKIREV
Affiliation:
National Scientific Center, Kharkov Institute of Physics & Technology, Kharkov, Ukraine
I. V. KARAS‘
Affiliation:
National Scientific Center, Kharkov Institute of Physics & Technology, Kharkov, Ukraine
V. I. KARAS‘
Affiliation:
National Scientific Center, Kharkov Institute of Physics & Technology, Kharkov, Ukraine
V. D. LEVCHENKO
Affiliation:
Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of RAS, Moscow, Russia
M. BORNATICI
Affiliation:
INFM, Dipartimento di Fisica “A. Volta,” Università degli Studi di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Abstract

The results from theoretical and experimental studies, as well as from 2.5-dimensional (2.5-D) numerical simulation of plasma wake field excitation, by either relativistic electron bunch, laser pulse, and the charged particle wake field acceleration are discussed. The results of these investigations make it possible to evaluate the potentialities of the wake field acceleration method and to analyze whether it can serve as a basis for creating a new generation of devices capable of charged particle accelerating at substantially higher (on the order of two to three magnitudes) rates in comparison with those achievable in classical linear high-frequency (resonant) accelerators.

Keywords

Charged particle accelerationLaser pulseNonlinear phenomena numerical simulationPlasma acceleratorsRelativistic electron bunchesWake-fields excitation
Type
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON LASER AND PLASMA ACCELERATORS
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , October 2004 , pp. 383 - 392
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© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

This paper was delivered at the International Workshop on Laser and Plasma Accelerators, held at Portovenere, Italy, September 29 to October 3, 2003.

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