Plasma wake field accelerator

Conference · Thu Feb 28 23:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5861886

Chen, P; Dawson, J M

A new scheme of electron acceleration, employing relativistic electron bunches in a cold plasma, is analyzed. The wake field of a leading bunch is derived in a single-particle model. We then extend the model to include finite bunch length effect. In particular, we discuss the relation between the charge distributions of the driving bunch and the energies transformable to the trailing electrons. It is shown that for symmetric charge distribution of the driving bunches, the maximum energy gain for a driven electron is 2..gamma../sub 0/mc/sup 2/. This limitation can be overcome by introducing asymmetric charge distributions. 13 refs., 5 figs.

• Research Organization: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, CA (USA); California Univ., Los Angeles (USA). Dept. of Physics
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 5861886
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-3601; CONF-850128-13; ON: DE85010538
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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