Ion dynamics driven by a strongly nonlinear plasma wake

Khudiakov, V. K.; Lotov, K. V.; Downer, M. C.

doi:10.1088/1361-6587/ac4523

Ion dynamics driven by a strongly nonlinear plasma wake

Journal Article · 10 February 2022 · Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ac4523· OSTI ID:1979303

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Abstract

In plasma wakefield accelerators, the wave excited in the plasma eventually breaks and leaves behind slowly changing fields and currents that perturb the ion density background. We study this process numerically using the example of a Facility for Advanced aCcelerator Experimental Tests (FACET) experiment where the wave is excited by an electron bunch in the bubble regime in a radially bounded plasma. Four physical effects underlie the dynamics of ions: (1) attraction of ions toward the axis by the fields of the driver and the wave, resulting in formation of a density peak, (2) generation of ion-acoustic solitons following the decay of the density peak, (3) positive plasma charging after wave breaking, leading to acceleration of some ions in the radial direction, and (4) plasma pinching by the current generated during the wave-breaking. The interplay of these effects results in the formation of various radial density profiles, which are difficult to produce in any other way.

Research Organization:: Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: SC0011617;

OSTI ID:: 1979303

Journal Information:: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Journal Name: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 64; ISSN 0741-3335

Publisher:: IOP Science

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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