Interaction of ultrarelativistic electron and proton bunches with dense plasmas

Abstract

Here we discuss the possibility of employment of ultrarelativistic monoenergetic electron and proton bunches for generation of high plasma wakefields in dense plasmas due to Cherenkov resonance plasma-bunch interaction. We estimate the maximum amplitude of such a wakefield and minimum plasma, bunch lengths at which the maximum amplitude can be generated at the given plasma and bunch parameters. Published by the American Physical Society. © Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI.