Overcritical electron acceleration and betatron radiation in the bubble-like structure formed by re-injected electrons in a tailored transverse plasma

We present a novel scheme for dense electron acceleration driven by the laser irradiation of a near-critical-density plasma.The electron reflux effect in a transversely tailored plasma is particularly enhanced in the area of peak density.We observe a bubble-like distribution of re-injected electrons,which forms a strong quasistatic electromagnetic field that can accelerate electrons longitudinally while also preserving the electron transverse emittance.Simulation results demonstrate that over-dense electrons could be trapped in such an artificial bubble and accelerated to an energy of ~500 MeV.The obtained relativistic electron beam can reach a total charge of up to 0.26 nC and is well collimated with a small divergence of 17 mrad.Moreover,the wavelength of electron oscillation is noticeably reduced due to the shaking of the bubble structure in the laser field.As a result,the energy of the produced photons is substantially increased to the range.This new regime provides a path to generating high-charge electron beams and high-energy-ray sources.

Electron Acceleration in the Cone-shaped Extra-intense Stationary Laser Field

A technique of electron acceleration in the cone shaped stationary laser field is proposed. An electron acceleration in this laser is studied, which shows that there is no electron bunching but there exists electron capture in this laser field.

Proton acceleration from picosecond-laser interaction with a hydrocarbon target

As an intense picosecond laser pulse irradiates a hydrocarbon target,the protons therein can be accelerated by the radiation pressure as well as the sheath field behind the target.We investigate the effect of the laser and hydrocarbon target parameters on proton acceleration with two/threedimensional particle-in-cell simulations.It is found that the resulting two-ion species plasma can generate a multiple peaked charge-separation field that accelerates the protons.In particular,a smaller carbon-to-hydrogen ratio,as well as the thinner and/or lower density of the target,leads to a larger sheath field and thus proton beams with a larger cutoff energy and smoother energy spectrum.These results may be useful in achieving high-flux quasi-monoenergetic proton beams by properly designing the hydrocarbon target.

Characterization of supersonic and subsonic gas targets for laser wakefield electron acceleration experiments

The choice of the correct density profile is crucial in laser wakefield acceleration.In this work,both subsonic and supersonic gas targets are characterized by means of fluid-dynamic simulations and experimental interferometric measurements.The gas targets are studied in different configurations,and the density profiles most suitable for laser wakefield acceleration are discussed.

Influence of a Magnetic Guide Field on Injection in Wakefield Acceleration

The influence of an external static field applied in the direction parallel to the direction of propagation of a high intensity driving laser pulse on the electron trapping in laser wakefield acceleration is explored.

Accelerations in the Local Magnetic Field on the Adriatic Tectonic Microplate

The high level of noise is a special feature of the geomagnetic field on the territory of Slovenia. The tension of the Adriatic tectonic microplate, on which Slovenia entirely lies, was recognized as one of its sources. The interior of the Earth is also the source of geomagnetic jerks. They are impulses in the secular variation calculated on the basis of monthly or annual mean values of variation of the geomagnetic field. The paper presents an analysis of accelerations in a local magnetic field calculated on the bases of daily mean values of the magnetic field measured at PIA geomagnetic Observatory (Piran, Slovenia) in 2020. These accelerations indicate geomagnetic impulses at the regional level over days or weeks. Then these results are compared with the registered seismic activity in the West Balkans.

Energetic Laser-Ion Acceleration by Strong Charge-Separation Field

The laser-ion acceleration from the ultra-short and ultra-intense laser-matter interactions attracts more and more interest nowadays. When a laser pulse interacts with a target, relativistic electrons are generated in a period of few femtoseconds and driven away by the ponderomotive force, then a huge charge-separation field forms. In general cases, the ion acceleration is determined by this charge-separation field and the scale length of the plasma density. A general time-dependent solution is obtained to describe laser-plasma isothermal expansions into a vacuum, which is the fundamental theory of the laser-ion acceleration. It is adequate for non-quasi-neutral plasmas and different types of the scale length of the density gradient. The previous solutions are some special cases of our general solution. It is found that there exist both a compression layer of the ion velocity distribution and a potential well for sorue initial conditions. However, many unaccounted idiographic solutions, which may be used to reveal new mechanisms of ion acceleration, may be deduced from our general solutions.

Influence of a Static Magnetic Field on Beam Emittance in Laser Wakefield Acceleration

The enhancement of trapping and the optimization of beam quality are two key issues of Laser Wakefield Acceleration (LWFA). The effect of a homogenous constant magnetic field B0, parallel to the direction of propagation of the pump pulse, is studied in the blowout regime via 2Dx3Dv Particle-In-Cell simulations. Electrons are injected into the wake using a counter-propagating low amplitude laser. Transverse currents are generated at the rim of the bubble, which results in the amplification of the B0 field at the rear of the bubble. Therefore the dynamics of the beam is modified, the main effect is the reduction of the transverse emittance when B0 is raised. Depending on beam loading effects the low energy tail, observed in the non-magnetized case, can be suppressed when B0 is applied, which provides a mono-energetic beam.

Influence of a Magnetic Guide Field on Self-Injection in Wakefield Acceleration

The influence of an external static field applied in the direction of propagation of a high intensity driving laser pulse on the electron trapping in laser wakefield acceleration is explored. It is shown that, in the case of self-injection, the electric charge accelerated can be enhanced in some physical situations.

FPGA-based Acceleration of Davidon-Fletcher-Powell Quasi-Newton Optimization Method

Quasi-Newton methods are the most widely used methods to find local maxima and minima of functions in various engineering practices. However, they involve a large amount of matrix and vector operations, which are computationally intensive and require a long processing time. Recently, with the increasing density and arithmetic cores, field programmable gate array(FPGA) has become an attractive alternative to the acceleration of scientific computation. This paper aims to accelerate Davidon-Fletcher-Powell quasi-Newton(DFP-QN) method by proposing a customized and pipelined hardware implementation on FPGAs. Experimental results demonstrate that compared with a software implementation, a speed-up of up to 17 times can be achieved by the proposed hardware implementation.

PARTICLE DISTRIBUTION IN CENTRIFUGAL ACCELERATING FIELDS

Based on continuum theory and moving law of particles, a model is presentedto obtain gradient distribution of particles in centrifugal accelerating field, by which theparticle distribution in gradient composite material can be predicted. The simulation shows withincreases in rotating time, four regions gradually appear from the internal periphery to theexternal one, they are free region, transition region, steady region and surface reinforced region,and the latest three regions are defined as a rich region. Finally, the steady region disappears,and the rich region only includes transition region and surface reinforced region. The influences ofcentrifugal acceleration coefficient G, primary volume fraction phi_0, pouring temperature theta_pand density difference between the particle and the metal matrix on particles gradient distributionare studied in detail. The results of the theoretical analysis agree with experiment ones. Both ofanalysis and experiment results indicate that with the increase in G and theta_p the particledistribution becomes more centralized and the consistence of particle in the surface peripherybecomes larger.

INFILTRATION KINETICS MODEL OF LIQUID METAL INTO A FIBROUS PREFORM IN CENTRIFUGAL ACCELERATING FIELD

The infiltration kinetics of the metal melt into a fibrous preform in centrifugal accelerating field is analyzed on the basis of Darcy's law and the assumption that the fibrous preform is treated as 'bundle of capillaries' The critical rotating speed is analyzed with the established model The influences of the metal melt mass,the rotating speed of the equipment,the casting height, the original outer radius of the metal melt and the fibrous volume fraction in fibrous preform on infilatration are studied The results show that the critical rotating speed is dependent on critical pressure, casting height, metal melt mass and the character of fibrous preform With the increase in the metal melt mass, rotating speed of the equipment and original outer radius of the metal melt, or the decrease in casting height and fibrous volume fraction in fibrous of the metal melt,or the decrease in casting height and fibrous volume fraction in fibrous preform,infiltration of metal melt for fibrous preform becomes easier.

Numerical simulation of the plasma acceleration process in a magnetically enhanced micro-cathode vacuum arc thruster

A particle-in-cell simulation is conducted to investigate the plasma acceleration process in a micro-cathode vacuum arc thruster.A coaxial electrode structure thruster with an applied magnetic field configuration is used to investigate the effects of the distribution of the magnetic field on the acceleration process and the mechanism of electrons and ions.The modeling results show that due to the small Larmor radius of electrons,they are magnetized and bound by the magnetic field lines to form a narrow electron channel.Heavy ions with a large Larmor radius take a long time to keep up with the electron movement.The presence of a magnetic field strengthens the charge separation phenomenon.The electric field caused by the charge separation is mainly responsible for the ion acceleration downstream of the computation.The impact of variations in the distribution of the magnetic field on the acceleration of the plasma is also investigated in this study,and it is found that the position of the magnetic coil relative to the thruster exit has an important impact on the acceleration of ions.In order to increase the axial velocity of heavy ions,the design should be considered to reduce the confinement of the magnetic field on the electrons in the downstream divergent part of the applied magnetic field.

The average acceleration approach applied to gravity coefficients recovery based on GOCE orbits

The average acceleration approach was applied to recover a gravity field model Model;CA from GOCE precise science orbits from September 2 to November 2, 2010, and furthermore a so called sequential least square adjustment was used. The model was compared with other gravity field models based on CHAMP, GRACE and GOCE. The result shows that the model is superior to gravity field based on CHAMP, and with higher accuracy than other international gravity field models based on only GOCE data before 80 degree. The degree geoid height of Model;CA reaches 3cm up to 90 degree and order.

The Self-Consistent Nonlinear Theory of Charged Particle Beam Acceleration by Slowed Circularly Polarized Electromagnetic Waves

The relativistic interaction of charged particle beams with a circularly polarized electromagnetic wave propagating along a uniform guiding magnetic field in the tunneling of a dielectric medium is analyzed. The acceleration mechanism and a self-consistent nonlinear theory are presented for the interaction of relativistic charged particle beams with electromagnetic waves. Numerical results show that the beam particle can be efficiently accelerated in the interaction process.

Torque-based Optimal Acceleration Control for Electric Vehicle

The existing research of the acceleration control mainly focuses on an optimization of the velocity trajectory with respect to a criterion formulation that weights acceleration time and fuel consumption. The minimum-fuel acceleration problem in conventional vehicle has been solved by Pontryagin＇s maximum principle and dynamic programming algorithm, respectively. The acceleration control with minimum energy consumption for battery electric vehicle（EV） has not been reported. In this paper, the permanent magnet synchronous motor（PMSM） is controlled by the field oriented control（FOC） method and the electric drive system for the EV（including the PMSM, the inverter and the battery） is modeled to favor over a detailed consumption map. The analytical algorithm is proposed to analyze the optimal acceleration control and the optimal torque versus speed curve in the acceleration process is obtained. Considering the acceleration time, a penalty function is introduced to realize a fast vehicle speed tracking. The optimal acceleration control is also addressed with dynamic programming（DP）. This method can solve the optimal acceleration problem with precise time constraint, but it consumes a large amount of computation time. The EV used in simulation and experiment is a four-wheel hub motor drive electric vehicle. The simulation and experimental results show that the required battery energy has little difference between the acceleration control solved by analytical algorithm and that solved by DP, and is greatly reduced comparing with the constant pedal opening acceleration. The proposed analytical and DP algorithms can minimize the energy consumption in EV＇s acceleration process and the analytical algorithm is easy to be implemented in real-time control.

Accelerating Effect in Kerr-Newman-Kasuya Field

We have obtained expressions of the accelerating effect in Kerr-Newman Kasuya field. These expressionsinclude four parameters: mass m, angular momentum a, electric charge q, and magnetic charge φ. Furthermore we studyits special case (vi = 0). We get the following conclusion. In the gravitation field of souse mass with electric charge qand magnetic charge b, the acceleration of test particle has not only radial component but also transverse component.When θ = 0, the acceleration is minimum, and when θ = π/2, the acceleration is maximum. Furthermore, we discussthe effects of electric charge q and magnetic charge φ respectively.

Investigation of magnetic inhibition effect on ion acceleration at high laser intensities

The irradiation of a target with high laser intensity can lead to self-generation of an intense magnetic field(B-field)on the target surface.It has therefore been suggested that the sheath-driven acceleration of high-energy protons would be significantly hampered by the magnetization effect of this self-generated B-field at high enough laser intensities.In this paper,particle-in-cell simulations are used to study this magnetization effect on sheath-driven proton acceleration.It is shown that the inhibitory effect of the B-field on ion acceleration is not as significant as previously thought.Moreover,it is shown that the magnetization effect plays a relatively limited role in high-energy proton acceleration,even at high laser intensities when the mutual coupling and competition between self-generated electric(E-)and B-fields are considered in a realistic sheath acceleration scenario.A theoretical model including the v 3 B force is presented and confirms that the rate of reduction in proton energy depends on the strength ratio between B-and E-fields rather than on the strength of the B-field alone,and that only a small percentage of the proton energy is affected by the self-generated B-field.Finally,it is shown that the degraded scaling of proton energy at high laser intensities can be explained by the decrease in acceleration time caused by the increased sheath fields at high laser intensities rather than by the magnetic inhibitory effect,because of the longer growth time scale of the latter.This understanding of the magnetization effect may pave the way to the generation of high-energy protons by sheath-driven acceleration at high laser intensities.

Proton Acceleration with Nano-Scale Micro-Structured Target by Circularly Polarized Laser Pulse

Two dimensional particle-in-cell simulations are taken to study the interaction of a circularly polarized laser pulse with a nano-scale micro-structured target. The protons which are doped in the rear side of the target experience the electrostatic fields caused by both the radiation pressure driven shock and the target normal sheath at the rear side of the target. A quasimonoenergetic proton bunch with central energy of about 11MeV and energy spread of ＆#8710; ε/ε about 0.18 is achieved by using a 3.45×1019 W/cm2, 66fs laser pulse. A comparison with the case of linearly polarized laser pulse and the same target condition is considered.

Enhancement of proton collimation and acceleration by an ultra-intense laser interacting with a cone target followed by a beam collimator

A special method is proposed of a laser-induced cavity pressure acceleration scheme for collimating,accelerating and guiding protons,using a single-cone target with a beam collimator through a target normal sheath acceleration mechanism.In addition,the problems involved are studied by using two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations.The results show that the proton beam can be collimated,accelerated and guided effectively through this type of target.Theoretically,a formula is derived for the combined electric field of accelerating protons.Compared with a proton beam without a beam collimator,the proton beam density and cut-off energy of protons in the type II are increased by 3.3 times and 10%respectively.Detailed analysis shows that the enhancement is mainly due to the compact and strong sheath electrostatic field,and that the beam collimator plays a role in focusing energy.In addition,the simulation results show that the divergence angle of the proton beam in type II is less than 1.67 times that of type I.The more prominent point is that the proton number of type II is 2.2 times higher than that of type I.This kind of target has important applications in many fields,such as fast ion ignition in inertial fusion,high energy physics and proton therapy.