High-Energy Laser Ponderomotive Acceleration

Smetanin, I V; Barnes, C; Nakajima, K

Title: High-Energy Laser Ponderomotive Acceleration

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A new concept of TeV-range laser ponderomotive acceleration in a plasma is proposed. Particles are accelerated in the point-like scattering by the leading front of the laser pulse, propagating at the group velocity less than the vacuum speed of light. In this scheme, the gain in particle energy is determined by the group velocity and does not depend on laser intensity, which determines the quantum probability of acceleration. The quantum and classical analysis of the scheme proposed is presented. Estimates show that the concept proposed is a promising technique for compact laser acceleration of TeV energy range.

Authors:: Smetanin, I V; Barnes, C; Nakajima, K

Publication Date:: Fri Mar 10 00:00:00 EST 2006

Research Org.:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 877201

Report Number(s):: SLAC-PUB-11746
TRN: US200608%%125

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: Prepared for 18th International Conference on High-Energy Accelerators (HEACC 2001), Tsukuba, Japan, 26-30 Mar 2001

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; ACCELERATION; ACCELERATORS; ENERGY RANGE; LASERS; PLASMA; PROBABILITY; SCATTERING; TEV RANGE; VELOCITY; Accelerators,ACCPHY

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                    Smetanin, I V, /Lebedev Inst., Barnes, C, /SLAC, Nakajima, K, and /KEK, Tsukuba. High-Energy Laser Ponderomotive Acceleration.  United States: N. p., 2006. 
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                    Smetanin, I V, /Lebedev Inst., Barnes, C, /SLAC, Nakajima, K, & /KEK, Tsukuba. High-Energy Laser Ponderomotive Acceleration.  United States.

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                    Smetanin, I V, /Lebedev Inst., Barnes, C, /SLAC, Nakajima, K, and /KEK, Tsukuba. 2006.  
        "High-Energy Laser Ponderomotive Acceleration".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/877201.

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  abstractNote = {A new concept of TeV-range laser ponderomotive acceleration in a plasma is proposed. Particles are accelerated in the point-like scattering by the leading front of the laser pulse, propagating at the group velocity less than the vacuum speed of light. In this scheme, the gain in particle energy is determined by the group velocity and does not depend on laser intensity, which determines the quantum probability of acceleration. The quantum and classical analysis of the scheme proposed is presented. Estimates show that the concept proposed is a promising technique for compact laser acceleration of TeV energy range.},

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