plasma wakefield accelerator

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Definition of plasma wakefield accelerator in English English dictionary

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

Related Terms

plasma accelerator

A particle accelerator that uses plasma as the medium of the accelerating field instead of a vacuum, to obtain a larger accelerating gradient

Hyphenation

plas·ma Wake·field ac·cel·e·ra·tor

Turkish pronunciation

pläzmı weykfild äkselıreytır

Pronunciation

/ˈplazmə ˈwākˌfēld akˈselərˌātər/ /ˈplæzmə ˈweɪkˌfiːld ækˈsɛlɜrˌeɪtɜr/