High-Energy Laser Ponderomotive Acceleration

Conference · Fri Mar 10 00:00:00 EST 2006

OSTI ID:877201

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

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.

• Research Organization: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 877201
• Report Number(s): SLAC-PUB-11746; TRN: US200608%%125
• 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

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