Temporary acceleration of electrons while inside an intense electromagnetic pulse

A free electron can temporarily gain a very significant amount of energy if it is overrun by an intense electromagnetic wave. In principle, this process would permit large enhancements in the center-of-mass energy of electron-electron, electron-positron, and electron-photon interactions if these tak...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kirk T. McDonald, Konstantine Shmakov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 1999-12-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Accelerators and Beams
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.2.121301