| title: | Thermal Limits on Wave Amplitude in the Plasma Wake-Field Accelerator |
| format: | conference procceeding |
| conference: | 1987 Particle Accelerator Conference |
| year: | 1987 |
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| abstract: | We discuss the nonlinear regime of the Plasma Wakefield Accelerator and its potential advantages over linear operation, and describe the general behavior of the plasma electron phase space in large amplitude plasma waves. We develop a Hamiltonian formalism for calculating the trapping of thermal electrons from the background plasma, and derive approximate limits on plasma wave amplitude due to loading by trapped electrons and other thermal effects. |
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