Particle-in-cell simulations of ponderomotive particle acceleration in a plasma

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2552-2558

  Startsev, E A ^a,b,c   McKinstrie, C J ^a,b  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c PRINCETON PLASMA PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; LASER PULSES; PARTICLE BEAM BUNCHING; PLASMA ACCELERATORS;

PONDEROMOTIVE PARTICLE ACCELERATION;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 0038644445     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1576760     Document Type: Review

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