Similarity for ultra-relativistic laser plasmas and the optimal acceleration regime
Plasma Physics
2007-05-23 v1 Accelerator Physics
Abstract
A similarity theory is developed for ultra-relativistic laser-plasmas. It is shown that the most fundamental S-similarity is valid for both under- and overdense plasmas. Optimal scalings for laser wake field electron acceleration are obtained heuristically. The strong message of the present work is that the bubble acceleration regime [see Pukhov, Meyer-ter-Vehn, Appl. Phys. B, vol. 74, 355 (2002)] satisfies these optimal scalings.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0411099,
title = {Similarity for ultra-relativistic laser plasmas and the optimal acceleration regime},
author = {S. Gordienko and A. Pukhov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0411099},
year = {2007}
}