Relativistic electron beam acceleration by Compton scattering of lower-hybrid waves

Reiji Sugaya (1) , Tsunehiro Maehara (1) , Masao Sugawa (1)

1 Department of Physics, Ehime University

It has been proved theoetically and numerically that the highly relativistic electron beam can be accelerated efficiently via the Compton scattering induced by nonlinear Landau and cyclotron damping of the lower-hybrid waves.

Mots clés: Relativistic electron beam acceleration; Compton scattering; highly relativistic energy; nonlinear Landau damping; lower-hybrid wave

Domaines: Physique des plasmas [physics.plasm-ph]

Reiji Sugaya, Tsunehiro Maehara, Masao Sugawa. Relativistic electron beam acceleration by Compton scattering of lower-hybrid waves. 2004. ⟨hal-00001730⟩