Charge separation by standing waves of strongly focused single-cycle terahertz pulses for particle acceleration
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| author | Turnár, Szabolcs Tibai, Zoltán Pálfalvi, László Korpa, Csaba Almási, Gábor Hebling, János |
| author_facet | Turnár, Szabolcs Tibai, Zoltán Pálfalvi, László Korpa, Csaba Almási, Gábor Hebling, János |
| contents | Electron and ion acceleration in laser beam driven gas and solid-state plasmas are well-known and thoroughly investigated. Here we propose and numerically investigate an ion acceleration scheme using the Coulomb explosion of ion bunches created by separating electron and ion bunches from gas plasma by the standing wave of counter-propagating THz/laser pulse pair(s). The low density and the supposed only few-cycle long THz/laser pulses ensure that much less complicated mechanisms play a role in the separation and acceleration processes, resulting in more predictable outcomes than for single-laser-beam-driven solid-state plasmas. The charge separation is investigated using the EPOCH PIC code. After the charge separation, the ion dynamics ar followed by the GPT code. Calculations predict the generation of relativistic electron bunches and ion bunches with sub-MeV average energy, and with distribution suitable for very efficient use of the accelerated ions in ultrashort-pulse neutron sources. |
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| spellingShingle | Charge separation by standing waves of strongly focused single-cycle terahertz pulses for particle acceleration Turnár, Szabolcs Tibai, Zoltán Pálfalvi, László Korpa, Csaba Almási, Gábor Hebling, János Accelerator Physics Plasma Physics Electron and ion acceleration in laser beam driven gas and solid-state plasmas are well-known and thoroughly investigated. Here we propose and numerically investigate an ion acceleration scheme using the Coulomb explosion of ion bunches created by separating electron and ion bunches from gas plasma by the standing wave of counter-propagating THz/laser pulse pair(s). The low density and the supposed only few-cycle long THz/laser pulses ensure that much less complicated mechanisms play a role in the separation and acceleration processes, resulting in more predictable outcomes than for single-laser-beam-driven solid-state plasmas. The charge separation is investigated using the EPOCH PIC code. After the charge separation, the ion dynamics ar followed by the GPT code. Calculations predict the generation of relativistic electron bunches and ion bunches with sub-MeV average energy, and with distribution suitable for very efficient use of the accelerated ions in ultrashort-pulse neutron sources. |
| title | Charge separation by standing waves of strongly focused single-cycle terahertz pulses for particle acceleration |
| topic | Accelerator Physics Plasma Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.16019 |