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Evolution of equilibrium particle beams in plasma under external wakefields. / Baistrukov, M. A.; Lotov, K. V.
In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Vol. 64, No. 7, 075003, 07.2022.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Evolution of equilibrium particle beams in plasma under external wakefields
AU - Baistrukov, M. A.
AU - Lotov, K. V.
N1 - Funding Information: This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, Project No. 20-12-00062. Simulations were performed on HPC cluster ‘Akademik V M Matrosov’ []. Publisher Copyright: © 2022 IOP Publishing Ltd.
PY - 2022/7
Y1 - 2022/7
N2 - A beam of ultrarelativistic charged particles in a plasma can reach equilibrium with its own radial wakefield and then propagate with little change in shape. If some co-moving perturbation appears ahead of the beam, it may or may not destroy the beam with its wakefield, depending on the phase and amplitude of the wakefield. We numerically study which perturbations can destroy a single short bunch or a train of many short bunches at the parameters of interest for plasma wakefield acceleration in an axisymmetric configuration, and how fast. We find that there are particularly dangerous wakefield phases in which the beam can be destroyed by perturbations of very low amplitude. We also find that perturbations with an amplitude larger than the wakefield of a single bunch in the train are always destructive.
AB - A beam of ultrarelativistic charged particles in a plasma can reach equilibrium with its own radial wakefield and then propagate with little change in shape. If some co-moving perturbation appears ahead of the beam, it may or may not destroy the beam with its wakefield, depending on the phase and amplitude of the wakefield. We numerically study which perturbations can destroy a single short bunch or a train of many short bunches at the parameters of interest for plasma wakefield acceleration in an axisymmetric configuration, and how fast. We find that there are particularly dangerous wakefield phases in which the beam can be destroyed by perturbations of very low amplitude. We also find that perturbations with an amplitude larger than the wakefield of a single bunch in the train are always destructive.
KW - charged particle beam
KW - equilibrium
KW - numerical simulations
KW - plasma
KW - plasma wakefield acceleration
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85131048858&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1088/1361-6587/ac6ffe
DO - 10.1088/1361-6587/ac6ffe
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85131048858
VL - 64
JO - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
JF - Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
SN - 0741-3335
IS - 7
M1 - 075003
ER -
ID: 36249322