3 papers
physics.plasm-ph2023
Transformer ratio growth due to ion motion in plasma wakefield accelerators
V. A. Minakov, K. V. Lotov
We report a recently discovered counterintuitive effect where breaking of a Langmuir wave in a plasma wakefield accelerator leads to an increase in the accelerating field rather th…
physics.plasm-ph2020
Proton beam self-modulation seeded by electron bunch in plasma with density ramp
K. V. Lotov, V. A. Minakov
Seeded self-modulation in a plasma can transform a long proton beam into a train of micro-bunches that can excite a strong wakefield over long distances, but this needs the plasma…
physics.plasm-ph2018
Witness emittance growth caused by driver density fluctuations in plasma wakefield accelerators
V. A. Minakov, M. Tacu, A. P. Sosedkin +1
We discovered a novel effect that can cause witness emittance growth in plasma wakefield accelerators. The effect appears in linear or moderately nonlinear plasma waves. The witnes…