plasma wakefield acceleration

English

Noun

plasma wakefield acceleration (uncountable)

1. (physics) A method of high-gradient particle acceleration which uses the longitudinal electric field of plasma wakefield excited by a laser pulse or bunch of relativistic charged particles.

Synonyms

• (abbreviation) PWFA

Translations

method of high-gradient particle acceleration

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: plasmakiihdytys
• Japanese: プラズマ航跡場加速 (ぷらずまこうせきばかそく, purazuma kōsekiba kasoku)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• plasma wakefield accelerator