Particle acceleration by electromagnetic waves

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1871, 2008, Pages 1749-1756

  Bingham, R ^a,b  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser wakefield; Particle accelerators; Plasma waves

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LASER ACCESSORIES; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PHOTONS; PLASMA WAVES;

LASER WAKEFIELDS; PHOTON-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 41849105072     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2183     Document Type: Article

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