The Open Plasma Physics Journal

2014, 7 : 1-17
Published online 2014 February 07. DOI: 10.2174/1876534301407010001
Publisher ID: TOPPJ-7-1

Macroscopic and Microscopic Structure of Electromagnetic Wakefield

H. Lin , C.P. Liu , B.F. Shen and Z.Z. Xu
State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, P.O. Box 800-211, Shanghai 201800, China.

ABSTRACT

Applying various stimuli to excite large-amplitude electrostatic structure within plasmas is a basic idea of plasma-based acceleration. However, because these stimuli are usually magnetized, whether or not their wakes within plasmas are purely electrostatic should be cautiously treated. By strict theory on self-consistent fields of charged particles, we make detailed investigations on the wakes of those magnetized stimuli and the acceleration by electromagnetic wakes.

Keywords:

Plasma wakefield.