wakefield
nounEtymology From wake + field.
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Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics The electron density wave structure which immediately follows an intense laser beam or relativistic charged particle beam as it passes through a plasma; the electric field or potential associated with such a structure.
- Calculation of the plasma wakefields (driven electron plasma waves) generated by nonevolving drive laser pulses is straightforward.2009, E. Esarey, C. B. Schroeder & W. P. Leemans, “Physics of laser-driven plasma-based electron accelerators”, in Reviews of Modern Physics, volume 81, number 3, pages 1229-1285:
- Derived terms
- plasma wakefield acceleration