Abstract
A new scheme for accelerating electrons, employing a bunched relativistic electron beam in a cold plasma, is analyzed. We show that energy gradients can exceed 1 GeV/m and that the driven electrons can be accelerated from to before the driving beam slows down enough to degrade the plasma wave. If the driving electrons are removed before they cause the collapse of the plasma wave, energies up to are possible. A noncollinear injection scheme is suggested in order that the driving electrons can be removed.
- Received 20 December 1984
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.693
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