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On electron acceleration by plane transverse electromagnetic pulses in vacuum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2009

Werner Scheid  and
Heinrich Hora
Werner Scheid
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical Physics, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, 2033, Australia.
Heinrich Hora
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical Physics, The University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, 2033, Australia.
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Abstract

The longitudinal acceleration of electrons by the transverse electromagnetic field of laser pulses of definite shapes is studied. It is shown that already a pulse of the length of a half wavelength from a CO2 laser is sufficient to accelerate an electron to energies up to the order of TeV if intensities of 1022 W/cm2 are applied. Various aspects of the electron acceleration by this method are discussed.

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Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , May 1989 , pp. 315 - 332
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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