Title :
Stability of the Driving Bunch in the Plasma Wakefield Accelerator
Author :
Su, J.J. ; Katsouleas, T. ; Dawson, J.M. ; Chen, P. ; Jones, M. ; Keinigs, R.
fDate :
4/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We investigate the stability of the driving electron or positron beam in the plasma wakefield accelerator (PWFA). Although the beam is subject to self-focusing, filamentation, and two-stream instability, we find that all of these can be stabilized by introducing thermal energy and an axial magnetic field.
Keywords :
Acceleration; Electron accelerators; Electron beams; Magnetic fields; Particle beams; Physics; Plasma accelerators; Plasma stability; Plasma waves; Positrons;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.1987.4316684
