Electron acceleration by high current-density relativistic electron bunch in plasmas

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 313-319

  Zhou, C T ^a,b   Yu, M Y ^b,c   He, X T ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS AND COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beam plasma interaction; High current particle accelerator; PIC simulation; Small scale turbulent plasma waves

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; PARTICLE BEAM BUNCHING;

ENERGY GAIN RATE; HIGH-CURRENT PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PIC SIMULATION; SMALL-SCALE TURBULENT PLASMA WAVES;

PARTICLE BEAM DYNAMICS;

EID: 34347362944     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034607000171     Document Type: Conference Paper

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