Acceleration of injected electrons by the plasma beat wave accelerator

Conference · Wed Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992 · AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States)

OSTI ID:5301368

Joshi, C; Clayton, C E; Marsh, K A; Dyson, A; Everett, M; Lal, A ^[1]; Leemans, W P ^[2]; Williams, R ^[3]; Katsouleas, T ^[4]; Mori, W B ^[1]

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1. Electrical Engineering Department, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024 (United States)
2. Electrical Engineering Department, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024 (United States) Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
3. Electrical Engineering Department, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024 (United States) Florida A M University, Tallahassee, Florida 32307 (United States)
4. Electrical Engineering Department, UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90024 (United States) University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089 (United States)

In this paper we describe the recent work at UCLA on the acceleration of externally injected electrons by a relativistic plasma wave. A two frequency laser was used to excite a plasma wave over a narrow range of static gas pressures close to resonance. Electrons with energies up to our detection limit of 9.1 MeV were observed when 2.1 MeV electrons were injected in the plasma wave. No accelerated electrons above the detection threshold were observed when the laser was operated on a single frequency or when no electrons were injected. Experimental results are compared with theoretical predictions, and future prospects for the plasma beat wave accelerator are discussed.

• DOE Contract Number: FG03-92ER40727
• OSTI ID: 5301368
• Report Number(s): CONF-9206193--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (United States) Journal Volume: 279:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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