Charged particle acceleration in dense plasma channels

Journal Article · Wed Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2008 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2988772· OSTI ID:21254558

Dodin, I Y; Fisch, N J ^[1]

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1. Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544 (United States)

Reduced nonlinear equations are derived from the oscillation amplitude and the energy of a charged particle accelerated in a plasma channel. The maximum energy gain, as limited by dissipation, is described by three different scalings depending on the channel parameters.

• OSTI ID: 21254558
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 15, Issue 10; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2988772; (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ACCELERATION
BEAM-PLASMA SYSTEMS
CHARGED PARTICLES
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
OSCILLATIONS
PLASMA
PLASMA DENSITY