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Title: Design Considerations for Plasma Accelerators Driven by Lasers or Particle Beams

Conference ·
OSTI ID:1022734

Plasma accelerators may be driven by the ponderomotive force of an intense laser or the space-charge force of a charged particle beam. The implications for accelerator design and the different physical mechanisms of laser-driven and beam-driven plasma acceleration are discussed. Driver propagation is examined, as well as the effects of the excited plasma wave phase velocity. The driver coupling to subsequent plasma accelerator stages for high-energy physics applications is addressed.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Accelerator& Fusion Research Division
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1022734
Report Number(s):
LBNL-4642E; TRN: US1104478
Resource Relation:
Conference: 2010 Advanced Accelerator Concepts Workshop, Annapolis, MD, June 13 - 19, 2010
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English