Wakefield excitation via Compton scattering

POSTER

Abstract

Wakefields of lasers, coherent eVs photons, or beam driver can efficiently accelerate electrons. We explore a new regime in which the wakefield is driven by high energy incoherent photons, at keV energy, via Compton scattering, similarly to what was explored numerically by Frederiksen et al. [ApJ 680, L5 (2008)]. We explore this scenario self-consistently and from first principles, using the Compton scattering module of OSIRIS 4.0, to study the interaction of high energy incoherent radiation fluxes with the plasma. Our numerical results are compared with an analytical model.

Presenters

  • Fabrizio Del Gaudio

    GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal

Authors

  • Fabrizio Del Gaudio

    GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal

  • Thomas E Grismayer

    Inst Superior Tecnico (IST), GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal, GoLP/IPFN – Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST), GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusao Nuclear, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

  • Ricardo Fonseca

    ISCTE - Inst Universitario Lisboa, ISCTE - Inst Universitário Lisboa, ISCTE - Inst Universitario LIsboa , Inst Superior Tecnico (IST), ISCTE - Inst Universitario Lisboa , GoLP/IPFN Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, ISCTE - Inst Universitario Lisboa , GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal, ISCTE - Inst Universitario Lisboa , Inst Superior Tecnico (IST), Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal, GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusao Nuclear, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portug

  • Warren B Mori

    Univ of California - Los Angeles, Univ of California - Los Angeles, Univ of California - Los Angeles

  • Luis O Silva

    Inst Superior Tecnico (IST), Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal, GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal, GoLP/IPFN, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal, GoLP/IPFN – Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, Instituto Superior Tecnico (IST), GoLP/IPFN Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, GoLP/Instituto de Plasmas e Fusao Nuclear, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal