Modeling of 10 GeV-1 TeV laser-plasma accelerators using Lorentz boosted simulations

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Vay, J L ^a   Geddes, C G R ^a   Esarey, E ^a   Schroeder, C B ^a   Leemans, W P ^a   Cormier Michel, E ^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED ELECTRON BEAM; DATA INPUT; ENERGY SPREADS; FRAME OF REFERENCE; FRAMES OF REFERENCE; FULL-SCALE MODELING; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LASER PLASMA; LASER-PLASMA ACCELERATOR; LORENTZ; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; TRANSVERSE DYNAMICS; VERY HIGH ENERGIES; WAKE FIELDS;

DATA HANDLING; ELECTRON BEAMS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

PLASMA ACCELERATORS;

EID: 84855324428     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3663841     Document Type: Article

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