plasma wakefield accelerator

English

Noun

plasma wakefield accelerator (plural plasma wakefield accelerators)

1. (physics) A device in which a drive beam (either laser or particle) produces a plasma wave ("wakefield") that accelerates charged particles in a relatively short distance.

Translations

device that accelerates charged particles

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

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

See also

• plasma wakefield acceleration

References

• Stanford Linear Accelerator Center