Proton-driven plasma-wakefield acceleration

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 363-367

  Caldwell, Allen ^a   Lotov, Konstantin ^b,c   Pukhov, Alexander ^d   Simon, Frank ^a,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b BUDKER INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e EXCELLENCE CLUSTER UNIVERSE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

PLASMA WAKEFIELD ACCELERATIONS; RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 67649234097     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1248     Document Type: Article

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