Effects of Ion Motion in Intense Beam-Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerators

Journal Article · Thu Nov 03 23:00:00 EST 2005 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.195002· OSTI ID:20699538

Rosenzweig, J B; Cook, A M; Thompson, M C ^[1]; Scott, A ^[1]; Yoder, R B ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095 (United States)

Recent proposals for using plasma wakefield accelerators (PWFA) as a component of a linear collider have included intense electron beams with densities many times in excess of the plasma density. The beam's electric fields expel the plasma electrons from the beam path to many beam radii in this regime. We analyze here the motion of plasma ions under the beam fields, and find for a proposed PWFA collider scenario that the ions completely collapse inside of the beam. Simulations of ion collapse are presented. Implications of ion motion on the feasibility of the PWFA-based colliders are discussed.

• OSTI ID: 20699538
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 19 Vol. 95; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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PLASMA DENSITY
PLASMA GUNS
PLASMA SIMULATION
WAKEFIELD ACCELERATORS