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Title: Simulation of short intense laser pulse propagation in the laser wakefield accelerator

Abstract

In the Laser Wakefield Accelerator (LWFA), an intense picosecond laser pulse propagates through a plasma and nonresonantly generates large amplitude axial and transverse wakefields. The intense axial electric field associated with these wake plasma waves could be used for accelerating electron beams to very high energies. The propagation of such short laser pulses through a plasma and the generation of the wakefields are studied with numerical simulations. The formulation is a three-dimensional cold fluid model with self-consistent density perturbation and relativistic focusing effects. The laser pulse shape is found to be modified which in turn affects the wakefields. {copyright} 1989 American Institute of Physics

Authors:
; ;  [1]
  1. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375 (US)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
7245356
Report Number(s):
CONF-890197-
Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X; CODEN: APCPC; TRN: 90-008794
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 193:1; Conference: Workshop on advanced accelerator concepts, Lake Arrowhead, CA (USA), 9-13 Jan 1989; Journal ID: ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; LASERS; WAKEFIELD ACCELERATORS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON BEAMS; FLUID MECHANICS; FOCUSING; PLASMA; POWER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; WAVE EQUATIONS; WAVE PROPAGATION; ACCELERATORS; BEAMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; LEPTON BEAMS; MATHEMATICS; MECHANICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE BEAMS; 430100* - Particle Accelerators- Design, Development, & Operation; 430200 - Particle Accelerators- Beam Dynamics, Field Calculations, & Ion Optics

Citation Formats

Ting, A, Sprangle, P, and Esarey, E. Simulation of short intense laser pulse propagation in the laser wakefield accelerator. United States: N. p., 1989. Web.
Ting, A, Sprangle, P, & Esarey, E. Simulation of short intense laser pulse propagation in the laser wakefield accelerator. United States.
Ting, A, Sprangle, P, and Esarey, E. 1989. "Simulation of short intense laser pulse propagation in the laser wakefield accelerator". United States.
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title = {Simulation of short intense laser pulse propagation in the laser wakefield accelerator},
author = {Ting, A and Sprangle, P and Esarey, E},
abstractNote = {In the Laser Wakefield Accelerator (LWFA), an intense picosecond laser pulse propagates through a plasma and nonresonantly generates large amplitude axial and transverse wakefields. The intense axial electric field associated with these wake plasma waves could be used for accelerating electron beams to very high energies. The propagation of such short laser pulses through a plasma and the generation of the wakefields are studied with numerical simulations. The formulation is a three-dimensional cold fluid model with self-consistent density perturbation and relativistic focusing effects. The laser pulse shape is found to be modified which in turn affects the wakefields. {copyright} 1989 American Institute of Physics},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7245356}, journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA)},
issn = {0094-243X},
number = ,
volume = 193:1,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 1989},
month = {Sun Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 1989}
}

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