Study of external electron injection and trapping in the blow-out regime
Plasma Physics
2018-06-18 v1
Abstract
In this work we study electron side-injection and trapping in the blow-out regime in deep plasma channels. We analyze the maximum angle of injection, for which at least 90\% of the injected electrons are trapped. We discuss the dependence of this angle on the electrons' initial energy and their injection positions. In the scope of a semi-analytical blow-out model we show that the injection position is a less critical factor for trapping if electrons are injected into deep plasma channels. PIC simulations and analytical approximations support our results from the semi-analytical model.
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@article{arxiv.1806.05954,
title = {Study of external electron injection and trapping in the blow-out regime},
author = {Jari Pronold and Johannes Thomas and Alexander Pukhov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.05954},
year = {2018}
}