Controlled electron injection into the wake wave using plasma density inhomogeneity

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Brantov, A V ^a   Esirkepov, T Zh ^b   Kando, M ^b   Kotaki, H ^b   Bychenkov, V Yu ^a   Bulanov, S V ^b  

^a LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON INJECTION; ELECTRON OPTICS; LASERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARTICLE BEAMS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA JETS; PLASMAS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WAKES;

A-DENSITY; ANALYTICAL ESTIMATES; DENSITY INHOMOGENEITY; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ELECTRON-BEAM; HIGH ENERGIES; IN-HOMOGENEITY; LASER INTENSITIES; LASER WAKE-FIELD ACCELERATOR; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; PLASMA DENSITY GRADIENTS; SCALE LENGTHS; SMALL ENERGIES; WAKE WAVES; WAVE BREAKING;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 49149119025     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2956989     Document Type: Article

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