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Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients

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This paper cites (FCC) 2019 Eur.

Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients (FCC) 2019 Eur

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This paper cites Generating multi-GeV electron bunches using single stage laser wakefield acceleration in a 3D nonlinear regime.

Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients Generating multi-GeV electron bunches using single stage laser wakefield acceleration in a 3D nonlinear regime

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This paper cites Matched Guiding and Controlled Injection in Dark-Current-Free, 10-GeV-Class, Channel-Guided Laser Plasma Accelerators.

Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients Matched Guiding and Controlled Injection in Dark-Current-Free, 10-GeV-Class, Channel-Guided Laser Plasma Accelerators

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Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients 2003 Phys

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This paper cites 2007 Nature 445 741–744 14.

Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients 2007 Nature 445 741–744 14

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Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients 2014 Nature 515 92–95

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Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients Path to AWAKE: Evolution of the concept

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Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients Acceleration of electrons in the plasma wakefield of a proton bunch

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Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients Numerical investigations of heavy ion driven plasma wakefield acceleration

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Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients Filamentation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma

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Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients Self-modulation instability of a long proton bunch in plasmas

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Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients Development of the Self-Modulation Instability of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma

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Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients Plasma Wakefield Acceleration with a Modulated Proton Bunch

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Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients Growth and phase velocity of self-modulated beam-driven plasma waves

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Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients Transition between Instability and Seeded Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Particle Bunch in Plasma

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Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients Controlled Growth of the Self-Modulation of a Relativistic Proton Bunch in Plasma

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Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients Natural noise and external wake field seeding in a proton-driven plasma accelerator

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Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients AWAKE readiness for the study of the seeded self-modulation of a 400\,GeV proton bunch

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Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients Numerical Studies of Electron Acceleration Behind Self-Modulating Proton Beam in Plasma with a Density Gradient

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Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Density Gradient

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Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients Simulation and Experimental Study of Proton Bunch Self-Modulation in Plasma with Linear Density Gradients

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Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients Effect of plasma inhomogeneity on plasma wakefield acceleration driven by long bunches

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Numerical simulations of electron acceleration driven by heavy ion beams in plasma with alternating density gradients LCODE: a parallel quasistatic code for computationally heavy problems of plasma wakefield acceleration

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