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Title: Proton acceleration by circularly polarized traveling electromagnetic wave
Authors: Holkundkar, Amol R.
Keywords: Physics
Electromagnetic wave
Polarized traveling
Issue Date: Sep-2012
Publisher: APS
Abstract: The acceleration of charged particles, producing collimated monoenergetic beams, over short distances holds the promise to offer new tools in medicine and diagnostics. Here, we consider a possible mechanism for accelerating protons to high energies by using a phase modulated circularly polarized electromagnetic wave propagating along a constant magnetic field. It is observed that a plane wave with dimensionless amplitude of 0.1 is capable to accelerate a 1 keV proton to 386 MeV under optimum conditions. Finally, we discuss possible limitations of the acceleration scheme.
URI: https://journals.aps.org/prab/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.15.091301
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