The neutrino electron accelerator

Journal Article · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1998 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872704· OSTI ID:565751

Shukla, P K ^[1]; Stenflo, L ^[2]; Bingham, R ^[3]; Bethe, H A ^[4]; Dawson, J M ^[5]; Mendonca, J T ^[6]

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1. Fakultaet fuer Physik und Astronomie, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum, D-44780 Bochum (Germany)
2. Department of Plasma Physics, Umea University, S-90187 Umea (Sweden)
3. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 0QX (United Kingdom)
4. Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853 (United States)
5. Department of Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90024 (United States)
6. Department of Physics, University of Lisbon, 1096 Lisbon (Portugal)

It is shown that a wake of electron plasma oscillations can be created by the nonlinear ponderomotive force of an intense neutrino flux. The electrons trapped in the plasma wakefield will be accelerated to high energies. Such processes may be important in supernovas and pulsars. {copyright} {ital 1998 American Institute of Physics.}

• OSTI ID: 565751
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 5, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1998
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION
PLASMA WAVES
NEUTRINO-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS
ELECTRON NEUTRINOS
PONDEROMOTIVE FORCE
ACCELERATION
OSCILLATIONS
ELECTRONS
WAKEFIELD ACCELERATORS
WAVE EQUATIONS