Warm wave breaking of nonlinear plasma waves with arbitrary phase velocities

Journal Article · Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 2005 · Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.72.055401· OSTI ID:20709835

Schroeder, C B; Esarey, E; Shadwick, B A ^[1]

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1. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)

A warm, relativistic fluid theory of a nonequilibrium, collisionless plasma is developed to analyze nonlinear plasma waves excited by intense drive beams. The maximum amplitude and wavelength are calculated for nonrelativistic plasma temperatures and arbitrary plasma wave phase velocities. The maximum amplitude is shown to increase in the presence of a laser field. These results set a limit to the achievable gradient in plasma-based accelerators.

• OSTI ID: 20709835
• Journal Information: Physical Review. E, Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics, Vol. 72, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.055401; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1063-651X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ACCELERATORS
AMPLITUDES
BEAMS
COLLISIONLESS PLASMA
ELECTRON TEMPERATURE
ION TEMPERATURE
LASER RADIATION
NONLINEAR PROBLEMS
PHASE VELOCITY
PLASMA GUNS
PLASMA SIMULATION
PLASMA WAVES
RELATIVISTIC RANGE
WAVELENGTHS