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Electric, magnetic Wakefields, and electron acceleration in quantum plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2012

P. Kumar  and
C. Tewari
P. Kumar*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India
C. Tewari
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Punit Kumar, Department of Physics, University of Lucknow, Indiranagar, Lucknow-226016, India. E-mails: punitlko@yahoo.co.in; punitkumar@hotmail.com
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Abstract

A detailed study of Wakefield excitation in very dense quantum plasma is presented. Electric and magnetic Wakefields have been obtained for a particular profile of the laser pulse, using perturbative technique involving orders of the incident laser beam. The Wakefields can trap electrons and accelerate them to extremely high energies. It is observed that the quantum effects significantly change the classical nature of the Wakefield. The axial and radial forces acting on a test electron due to the Wakefields have been evaluated.

Keywords

AcceleratorsElectron accelerationQuantum plasmaWakefields
Type
Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 30 , Issue 2 , June 2012 , pp. 267 - 273
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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