Laser and Particle Beams

Table of Contents - June 2012 - Volume 30, Issue 02  

Research Article

Electric, magnetic Wakefields, and electron acceleration in quantum plasma

P. Kumara1 c1 and C. Tewaria1

a1 Department of Physics, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India

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.

(Received September 06 2011)

(Accepted January 02 2012)

Keywords

  • Accelerators;
  • Electron acceleration;
  • Quantum plasma;
  • Wakefields

Correspondence:

c1 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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