Exploring laser-wakefield-accelerator regimes for near-term lasers using particle-in-cell simulation in Lorentz-boosted frames

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 311-316

  Martins, S F ^a   Fonseca, R A ^a   Lu, W ^b   Mori, W B ^b   Silva, L O ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAMS; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; PARTICLE BEAM DYNAMICS; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

COMPACT ACCELERATORS; ELECTRON BEAM ENERGY; LASER WAKEFIELD ACCELERATORS; LASER-PLASMA ACCELERATOR; LORENTZ TRANSFORMATIONS; MONOENERGETIC ELECTRON BEAMS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS;

PLASMA SIMULATION;

EID: 77950481868     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1538     Document Type: Article

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