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Simple scalings for various regimes of electron acceleration in surface plasma waves

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Different electron acceleration regimes in the evanescent field of a surface plasma wave are studied by considering the interaction of a test electron with the high-frequency electromagnetic field of a surface wave. The non-relativistic and relativistic limits are investigated. Simple scalings are found demonstrating the possibility to achieve an efficient conversion of the surface wave field energy into electron kinetic energy. This mechanism of electron acceleration can provide a high-frequency pulsed source of relativistic electrons with a well defined energy. In the relativistic limit, the most energetic electrons are obtained in the so-called electromagnetic regime for surface waves. In this regime, the particles are accelerated to velocities larger than the wave phase velocity, mainly in the direction parallel to the plasma-vacuum interface.
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hal-01327387 , version 1 (08-06-2016)

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C. Riconda, M. Raynaud, T. Vialis, M. Grech. Simple scalings for various regimes of electron acceleration in surface plasma waves. Physics of Plasmas, 2015, 22 (7), pp.073103. ⟨10.1063/1.4923443⟩. ⟨hal-01327387⟩
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