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Recent progress and perspectives of laser–plasma accelerators

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 October 2009

Atsushi Ogata
Affiliation:
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, Japan
Kazuhisa Nakajima
Affiliation:
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, Japan

Abstract

Recent progress in laser-plasma accelerators has matured a concept of particle acceleration as a possible next-generation particle accelerator promising ultrahigh accelerating gradients in a compact size. Four major concepts of laser-plasma accelerators—the plasma beat wave accelerator, the laser wakefield accelerator, the self-modulated laser wakefield accelerator, and the plasma wakefield accelerator—are reviewed on accelerator physics issues and experiments demonstrating the basic mechanisms of their concepts. As a perspective to the future practical application, a design of 5-TeV linear colliders based on the laser wakefield accelerator is discussed.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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