Modeling laser wakefield accelerators in a Lorentz boosted frame

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1299, Issue , 2010, Pages 244-249

  Vay, J L ^a   Geddes, C G R ^a   Benedetti, C ^a   Bruhwiler, D L ^b   Cormier Michel, E ^b   Cowan, B M ^b   Cary, J R ^b   Grote, D P ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TECH X CORPORATION   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boosted frame; Laser plasma acceleration; Particle In Cell

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651095840     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3520322     Document Type: Conference Paper

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