The quantum plasma lens concept: A preliminary investigation

Recently, a theoretical investigation of the collective and nonlocal quantum effects has been carried out within the framework of a quantum approach to the relativistic charged particle beam travelling in a cold, collisionless, strongly magnetized plasma. This has been done taking into account both...

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Published in:Journal of plasma physics 2013-08, Vol.79 (4), p.421-427
Main Authors: TANJIA, FATEMA, FEDELE, RENATO, DE NICOLA, SERGIO, JOVANOVIĆ, DUSAN, MANNAN, ABDUL
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Approximation
Beams (radiation)
Charged particles
Focusing
Lenses
Mathematical analysis
Optics
Plasma physics
Quantum theory
Wakes
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Summary:Recently, a theoretical investigation of the collective and nonlocal quantum effects has been carried out within the framework of a quantum approach to the relativistic charged particle beam travelling in a cold, collisionless, strongly magnetized plasma. This has been done taking into account both the plasma wake field excitation and the quantum paraxial approximation. On the basis of this theory, here we carry out a preliminary study of the transverse effects experienced by a cold relativistic beam through a thin plasma slab (plasma lens). In the strongly nonlocal regime, in which the beam experiences a very strong focusing effect, the scheme of plasma lens is reviewed in terms of the wave description provided by the above quantum theory.
ISSN:0022-3778
1469-7807
DOI:10.1017/S0022377813000469