Spatiotemporal dynamics of ultrarelativistic beam-plasma instabilities

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Title: Spatiotemporal dynamics of ultrarelativistic beam-plasma instabilities
Authors: P. San Miguel Claveria, X. Davoine, J. R. Peterson, M. Gilljohann, I. Andriyash, R. Ariniello, C. Clarke, H. Ekerfelt, C. Emma, J. Faure, S. Gessner, M. J. Hogan, C. Joshi, C. H. Keitel, A. Knetsch, O. Kononenko, M. Litos, Y. Mankovska, K. Marsh, A. Matheron, Z. Nie, B. O'Shea, D. Storey, N. Vafaei-Najafabadi, Y. Wu, X. Xu, J. Yan, C. Zhang, M. Tamburini, F. Fiuza, L. Gremillet, S. Corde
Source: Physical Review Research, Vol 4, Iss 2, p 023085 (2022)
Publisher Information: American Physical Society, 2022.
Publication Year: 2022
Collection: LCC:Physics
Subject Terms: Physics, QC1-999
More Details: An electron or electron-positron beam streaming through a plasma is notoriously prone to microinstabilities. For a dilute ultrarelativistic infinite beam, the dominant instability is a mixed mode between longitudinal two-stream and transverse filamentation modes, with a phase velocity oblique to the beam velocity. A spatiotemporal theory describing the linear growth of this oblique mixed instability is proposed which predicts that spatiotemporal effects generally prevail for finite-length beams, leading to a significantly slower instability evolution than in the usually assumed purely temporal regime. These results are accurately supported by particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. Furthermore, we show that the self-focusing dynamics caused by the plasma wakefields driven by finite-width beams can compete with the oblique instability. Analyzed through PIC simulations, the interplay of these two processes in realistic systems bears important implications for upcoming accelerator experiments on ultrarelativistic beam-plasma interactions.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2643-1564
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2643-1564
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.023085
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/76cadb1aab7249d4946cea7ca3bd63a2
Accession Number: edsdoj.76cadb1aab7249d4946cea7ca3bd63a2
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:26431564
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.023085
Published in:Physical Review Research
Language:English