Energy spectra of electrons in plasma accelerators

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 448-452

  Andreev, N E ^a,b   Gorbunov, L M ^a   Kuznelsov, S V ^a  

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

^b LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTRON BEAM PUMPING; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT VELOCITY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PLASMA WAVES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ELECTRON ACCELERATION; ELECTRON ENERGY SPECTRUM; LINEAR PLASMA WAVE; PLASMA WAVE PROPAGATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL AXIALLY SYMMETRIC PLASMA WAVE;

PLASMA ACCELERATORS;

EID: 0030121490     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.510010     Document Type: Article

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