2008/07/17 by F Peano, F. Peano, J Vieira +9
Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Molecular Physics #Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #physics.acc-ph #physics.plasm-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0741-3335/51/2/024006
published as Plasma Phys.Control.Fusion 51:024006,2009 · 12 pages, 5 figures, to appear in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
arxiv created 2008/07/17 · openalex publication_date 2009/01/07 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
A scheme for fast, compact and controllable acceleration of heavy particles in vacuum has been recently proposed (Peano F et al 2008 New J. Phys. 10 033028), wherein two counterpropagating laser beams with variable frequencies drive a beat-wave structure with variable phase velocity, leading to particle trapping and acceleration. The technique allows for fine control over the energy distribution and the total charge of the accelerated beam to be obtained via tuning of the frequency variation. Here, the theoretical bases of the acceleration scheme are described, and the possibility of applications to ultrafast muon acceleration and to the prompt extraction of cold-muon beams is discussed.