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Electron acceleration by ponderomotive force in magnetized quantum plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2017

A.K. Singh  and
S. Chandra
A.K. Singh*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, G L Bajaj Group of Institution Mathura, Mathura-281406, India
S. Chandra
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, JIS University Agarpara, Kolkatta-700109, West Bengal, India
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: A.K. Singh, Department of Physics, G L Bajaj Group of Institution Mathura, Mathura-281406, India. E-mail: abhisheklu99@gmail.com
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Abstract

The possibilities of electron acceleration by ponderomotive force of a circularly polarized laser pulse in magnetized quantum plasma have been explored. The basic mechanism involves acceleration of electron by the axial gradient in the ponderomotive potential of the laser. The quantum effects have been taken into account for a high-density plasma. The ponderomotive force of the laser is resonantly enhanced when Doppler up-shifted laser frequency equals the cyclotron frequency.

Keywords

Particle accelerationPlasma-based acceleratorsPonderomotive forceQuantum plasma
Type
Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 35 , Issue 2 , June 2017 , pp. 252 - 258
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2017 

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