Stability of the Driving Bunch in the Plasma Wakefield Accelerator
Authors:
- J. J. SuJSJ. J. Su
- T. KatsouleasTKT. Katsouleas
- J. M. DawsonJDJ. M. Dawson
- P. ChenPCP. Chen
- M. JonesMJM. Jones
- R. KeinigsRKR. Keinigs
- 1 April 1987
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
- Vol. 15 (2) , 192-198
Abstract
We investigate the stability of the driving electron or positron beam in the plasma wakefield accelerator (PWFA). Although the beam is subject to self-focusing, filamentation, and two-stream instability, we find that all of these can be stabilized by introducing thermal energy and an axial magnetic field.Keywords
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