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Temporal and spatial expansion of a multi-dimensional model for electron acceleration in the bubble regime

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2014

J. Thomas*
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Physik I, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
A. Pukhov
Affiliation:
Institut für Theoretische Physik I, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
I.Yu. Kostyukov
Affiliation:
Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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Address correspondence and reprint requests to: J. Thomas, Institut für Theoretische Physik I, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf D-40225, Germany. E-mail: thomas@tpl.uni-duesseldorf.de

Abstract

An extended analytical model for particle dynamics in fields of a highly-nonlinear plasma wakefield (the bubble or blow out regime) is derived. A recently proposed piecewise model is generalized to include a time dependent bubble radius and full field solution in the acceleration direction. Incorporation of the cavity dynamics in the model is required to simulate the particle trapping properly. On the other hand, it is shown that the previously reported piecewise model does not reproduce the formation of a mono energetic peak in the particle spectrum. The mono energetic electron beams are recovered only when the full longitudinal field gradient is included in the model.

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Fig. 1. (Color online) (a) Trajectory in the PWM, particle is not trapped. (b) Trajectory in the tPWM, particle is trapped. Both simulations are done with R0 = 5, F = 4, ρ0 = 4.92, and γ0 = 10. The black solid circle has radius R0. The blue dotted circle is the bubble after the simulation ends. (c): Simulation configuration: Bubble running into a grid of electrons.

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Fig. 2. (Color online) (a, b): Envelope approximation functions (red dotted lines) and numerical solutions (blue solid lines) to ρ(t) and p⊥(t) in the tPWM. The simulation parameters are F = 4, R0 = 6, γ0 = 10, and ε = 0.0004. (c): Trapping cross-sections from analytical prediction (blue line) and numerical simulations (red circles) for γ0 = 10, ε = 0.0002, and F = 6 in the tPWM.

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Fig. 3. (Color online) (a) Energy distribution for F = 4, R0 = 4, ε = 0.004, and γ0 = 5 in the tPWM. (b) PIC energy spectra taken from Figure 2 in Pukhov and Gordienko (2006). (c) Energy spectra in the hPWM for γ0 = 15, R0 = 8, and F = 4.

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Fig. 4. (Color online) Envelope approximation functions (red dotted lines) and numerical solutions (blue solid lines) to ρ(t) and p⊥(t) in the hPWM. The simulation parameters are F = 5, R0 = 10, and γ0 = 20.

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Fig. 5. (Color online) (a) Trapping cross-section for F = R0/2. (b) Maximal applicable F. Both figures are simulated with γ0 = 15 and belong to the hPWM.