Excitation of a nonlinear plasma ion wake by intense energy sources with applications to the crunch-in regime

Sahai, Aakash A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.20.081004

Title: Excitation of a nonlinear plasma ion wake by intense energy sources with applications to the crunch-in regime

Journal Article · Wed Aug 23 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physical Review Accelerators and Beams

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.20.081004· OSTI ID:1376270

Sahai, Aakash A.

We show the excitation of a nonlinear ion-wake mode by plasma electron modes in the bubble regime driven by intense energy sources, using analytical theory and simulations. The ion wake is shown to be a driven nonlinear ion-acoustic wave in the form of a long-lived cylindrical ion soliton which limits the repetition rate of a plasma-based particle accelerator in the bubble regime. We present the application of this evacuated and radially outwards propagating ion-wake channel with an electron skin-depth scale radius for the “crunch-in” regime of hollow-channel plasma. It is shown that the time-asymmetric focusing force phases in the bubble couple to ion motion significantly differently than in the linear electron mode. The electron compression in the back of the bubble sucks in the ions whereas the space charge within the bubble cavity expels them, driving a cylindrical ion-soliton structure at the bubble radius. Once formed, the soliton is sustained and driven radially outwards by the thermal pressure of the wake energy in electrons. Particle-in-cell simulations are used to study the ion-wake soliton structure, its driven propagation and its use for positron acceleration in the crunch-in regime.

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Research Organization:: Duke Univ., Durham, NC (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010012; sc0010012

OSTI ID:: 1376270

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1424014

Journal Information:: Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, Journal Name: Physical Review Accelerators and Beams Vol. 20 Journal Issue: 8; ISSN 2469-9888

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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