Open AccessPlasma-based accelerator structures
Author(s) -
Carl Schroeder
Publication year - 1999
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/753106
Subject(s) - plasma , plasma acceleration , physics , bunches , electron , laser , plasma channel , particle accelerator , atomic physics , computational physics , nuclear physics , optics , beam (structure)
Plasma-based accelerators have the ability to sustain extremely large accelerating gradients, with possible high-energy physics applications. This dissertation further develops the theory of plasma-based accelerators by addressing three topics: the performance of a hollow plasma channel as an accelerating structure, the generation of ultrashort electron bunches, and the propagation of laser pulses is underdense plasmas