Formation of electrostatic structures by wakefield acceleration in ultrarelativistic plasma flows: Electron acceleration to cosmic ray energies

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Dieckmann, M E ^a,b   Shukla, P K ^a   Eliasson, B ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMIC RAYS; ELECTROSTATIC ACCELERATORS; PLASMA FLOW; PROTONS; WAKES;

GIGA-ELECTRON VOLT ENERGIES; PARTICLE-IN-CELL (PIC) SIMULATIONS; SELF-CONSISTENT EVOLUTION; ULTRAHIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAYS;

PLASMA ACCELERATORS;

EID: 33745725451     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2212393     Document Type: Article

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