Compton Scattering in Plasma: Multiple Scattering Effects and Application to Laser-Plasma Acceleration
Plasma Physics
2013-03-07 v1
Abstract
We explore the physics of electron acceleration in a plasma medium in an effective field theory framework. Employing a multiple Compton scattering mechanism, it is found that the acceleration can be sustained in such a medium so as to attain the energies up to the order of within a centimeter. Also, the collimation and mono-energetic electron spectrum can be obtained by proper tuning of the plasma parameters with the photon frequency. The present work is potentially useful in understanding the physics of laser-plasma accelerators.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1303.1261,
title = {Compton Scattering in Plasma: Multiple Scattering Effects and Application to Laser-Plasma Acceleration},
author = {Ravindra Kumar and V. Ravishankar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.1261},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
11 pages, 14 figures