Energy-conserving theory of the blowout regime of plasma wakefield

A Golovanov, IY Kostyukov, A Pukhov, V Malka - Physical review letters, 2023 - APS
We present a self-consistent theory of strongly nonlinear plasma wakefield (bubble or
blowout regime of the wakefield) based on the energy conservation approach. Such …

Scaling laws for the depolarization time of relativistic particle beams in strong fields

J Thomas, A Hützen, A Lehrach, A Pukhov, L Ji… - … review accelerators and …, 2020 - APS
The acceleration of polarized electrons and protons in strong laser and plasma fields is a
very attractive option to obtain polarized beams in the GeV range. We investigate the …

All-optical density downramp injection in electron-driven plasma wakefield accelerators

D Ullmann, P Scherkl, A Knetsch, T Heinemann… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
The properties of electron beams obtainable from plasma wakefield accelerators are largely
determined by their injection into the plasma wave. Density downramps can facilitate …

Plasma photocathodes

AF Habib, T Heinemann, GG Manahan… - Annalen der …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Plasma wakefield accelerators offer accelerating and focusing electric fields three to four
orders of magnitude larger than state‐of‐the‐art radiofrequency cavity‐based accelerators …

Analytic model for electromagnetic fields in the bubble regime of plasma wakefield in non-uniform plasmas

AA Golovanov, IY Kostyukov, J Thomas… - Physics of Plasmas, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Based on a model of plasma wakefield in the strongly nonlinear (bubble) regime, we
develop a lowest-order perturbation theory for the components of electromagnetic fields …

Excitation of strongly nonlinear plasma wakefield by electron bunches

AA Golovanov, IY Kostyukov, L Reichwein… - Plasma Physics and …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We propose a new method for analytical self-consistent description of the excitation of a
strongly nonlinear wakefield (a bubble) excited by an electron bunch. This method makes it …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamics of boundary layer electrons around a laser wakefield bubble

J Luo, M Chen, GB Zhang, T Yuan, JY Yu… - Physics of …, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
J. Luo, M. Chen, G.-B. Zhang, T. Yuan, J.-Y. Yu, Z.-C. Shen, L.-L. Yu, S.-M. Weng, CB
Schroeder, E. Esarey; Dynamics of boundary layer electrons around a laser wakefield …

Beam loading in the bubble regime in plasmas with hollow channels

AA Golovanov, IY Kostyukov, J Thomas… - Physics of Plasmas, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Based on the already existing analytical theory of the strong nonlinear wakefield (which is
called “bubble”) in transversely inhomogeneous plasmas, we study the particular behavior …

Emittance preservation in a plasma wakefield accelerator

R Ariniello - 2022 - search.proquest.com
Plasma wakefield accelerators have the potential to drastically reduce the size and cost of
conventional particle accelerators. In these devices, a laser or charged particle beam excites …

Bubble regime of plasma wakefield in 2D and 3D geometries

AA Golovanov, IY Kostyukov - Physics of Plasmas, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Considering the popularity of two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, a planar 2D
model of plasma wakefield in the strongly nonlinear (bubble) regime in transversely non …