THE PLASMA BEAT-WAVE ACCELERATION EXPERIMENT AT ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE

被引:12
作者
AMIRANOFF, F
ARDONCEAU, J
BERCHER, M
BERNARD, D
CROS, B
DEBRAINE, A
DIEULOT, JM
FUSELLIER, J
JACQUET, F
JOLY, JM
JUILLARD, M
MATTHIEUSSENT, G
MATRICON, P
MINE, P
MONTES, B
MORA, P
MORANO, R
MORILLO, J
MOULIN, F
POILLEUX, P
SPECKA, AE
STENZ, C
机构
[1] ECOLE POLYTECH,LPNHE,F-91128 PALAISEAU,FRANCE
[2] ECOLE POLYTECH,LULI,F-91128 PALAISEAU,FRANCE
[3] ECOLE POLYTECH,SESI,F-91128 PALAISEAU,FRANCE
[4] ECOLE POLYTECH,CPHT,F-91128 PALAISEAU,FRANCE
[5] CEA SACLAY,SEA,DAPNIA,DSM,F-91191 GIF SUR YVETTE,FRANCE
[6] UNIV PARIS 11,LPGP,F-91405 ORSAY,FRANCE
[7] UNIV ORLEANS,GREMI,F-45000 ORLEANS,FRANCE
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D O I
10.1016/0168-9002(95)00408-4
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
We present an experiment for demonstrating the principle of plasma beat-wave acceleration. The beating of two Nd-laser pulses creates a relativistic plasma wave in a deuterium plasma. Electrons at an energy of 3 MeV are injected into the plasma. We observe several hundred electrons accelerated up to 3.7 MeV. This paper is mainly devoted to the description of the experimental apparatus. In the design of the apparatus, we gave particular attention to efficient electron injection and to background noise suppression. We present also some preliminary results of electron acceleration experiments.
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页码:497 / 510
页数:14
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