Simulation of laser wakefield acceleration of an ultrashort electron bunch

Autor:	Leon Lpj Kamp, VV Goloviznin, T. J. Schep, Ajw Albert Reitsma
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	Physics Waves in plasmas Electron Laser Pulse (physics) Computational physics law.invention Acceleration law Physics::Accelerator Physics Plasma channel Laser beam quality Atomic physics Adiabatic process
Zdroj:	Physical Review E, 63, art. no.-046502 Physical Review E-Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 63(4), 046502-1/8. American Physical Society
ISSN:	1539-3755
Popis:	The dynamics of the acceleration of a short electron bunch in a strong plasma wave excited by a laser pulse in a plasma channel is studied both analytically and numerically in slab geometry. In our simulations, a fully nonlinear, relativistic hydrodynamic description for the plasma wave is combined with particle-in-cell methods for the description of the bunch. Collective self-interactions within the bunch are fully taken into account. The existence of adiabatic invariants of motion is shown to have important implications for the final beam quality. Similar to the one-dimensional case, the natural evolution of the bunch is shown to lead, under proper initial conditions, to a minimum in the relative energy spread.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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