• DocumentCode
    1679618
  • Title

    A general threshold for laser-driven linear particle acceleration in infinite vacuum

  • Author

    Wong, Liang Jie ; Kärtner, Franz X.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We derive a threshold formula for unbounded vacuum acceleration by hypothesizing that this is possible only if the field perturbs the particle relativistically in its initial rest frame. Numerical simulations support our formula and hypothesis.
  • Keywords
    electron accelerators; linear accelerators; numerical analysis; infinite vacuum; laser-driven linear particle acceleration; threshold formula; unbounded vacuum acceleration; Acceleration; Approximation methods; Free electron lasers; Laser beams; Laser theory; Numerical simulation; Particle beams;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326640
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1679618