Title :
Electromagnetic fields produced by self-accelerating shape-preserving electrons in free-space
Author :
Kaminer, Ido ; Nemirovsky, Jonathan ; Rechtsman, Mikael ; Bekenstein, Rivka ; Segev, Mordechai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
A recent experiment confirmed the 35 years old prediction of Airy-shaped electron beams that accelerate in the absence of any potential. Yet their most intriguing property remained unclear: will such electrons emit radiation in free-space?
Keywords :
electromagnetic fields; electron optics; Airy-shaped electron beams; electromagnetic fields; free space; self-accelerating shape-preserving electrons; Acceleration; Electric potential; Equations; Particle beams; Photonics; Quantum mechanics; Trajectory;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
