Plasma physics - On the node of a wave

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作者
Katsouleas, Tom [1 ]
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[1] Univ So Calif, Dept Elect Engn, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
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10.1038/444688a
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
A compact electron accelerator can be made by the cunning use of laser pulses to let electrons 'surf' on a plasma wave. The problem has been controlling exactly how much the electrons are accelerated.
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