Beam-generated plasma channels for laser wakefield acceleration
Abstract
A hybrid of laser-wakefield and plasma wakefield accelerators is proposed, in which an intense laser pulse is optically guided by a plasma channel created by the leading portion of a high-current low-energy electron beam. This accelerator configuration appears to combine to advantage features of both laser wakefield and plasma wakefield accelerators.
- Publication:
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The Seventh Workshop on advanced accelerator Concepts
- Pub Date:
- March 1997
- DOI:
- 10.1063/1.53018
- Bibcode:
- 1997AIPC..398..344S
- Keywords:
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- 29.27.Bd;
- 29.17.+w;
- 41.75.Lx;
- 52.75.Di;
- 52.40.Nk;
- Beam dynamics;
- collective effects and instabilities;
- Electrostatic collective and linear accelerators;
- Other advanced accelerator concepts;
- Ion and plasma propulsion