Laser-wakefield electron accelerator with independent beam-parameter control

Author

Golovin, G. ; Chen, S. ; Powers, N. ; Liu, Cong ; Banerjee, Sean ; Zhang, Juyong ; Zeng, M. ; Sheng, Zhen ; Umstadter, D.

Author_Institution

Phys. & Astron. Dept., Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

25-29 May 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

It has been demonstrated that laser-wakefield acceleration (LWFA) can generate several electron beam parameters rivaling those generated by conventional RF-cavity accelerators. Tunable and monoenergetic electron beams have also been produced with LWFA. Currently, active research is being directed towards finding methods to generate e-beams that have independently controllable parameters, as is standard in the case of conventional accelerators. One promising approach is to separate and independently control the essential acceleration processes.

Keywords

accelerator RF systems; electron accelerators; electron beams; wakefield accelerators; acceleration processes; controllable parameters; conventional RF-cavity accelerators; electron beam parameters; independent beam-parameter control; laser-wakefield electron accelerator; Lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Sciences (ICOPS) held with 2014 IEEE International Conference on High-Power Particle Beams (BEAMS), 2014 IEEE 41st International Conference on

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2711-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.2014.7012361

Filename

7012361