Laser-Plasma Acceleration: Proceedings of the International School of Physics Enrico Fermi Course CLXXIX, Varenna on Lake Como, Villa Monastero, 20-25 June 2011

by Fernando Ferroni (Editor), L.A. Gizzi (Editor), R. Faccini (Editor)

Impressive progress has been made in the field of laser-plasma acceleration in the last decade, with outstanding achievements from both experimental and theoretical viewpoints. Closely exploiting the development of ultra-intense, ultrashort pulse lasers, laser-plasma acceleration has developed rapidly, achieving accelerating gradients of the order of tens of GeV/m, and making the prospect of miniature accelerators a more realistic possibility.This book presents the lectures delivered at the Enrico Fermi International School of Physics and summer school: 'Laser-Plasma Acceleration', held in Varenna, Italy, in June 2011.

287 pages, ebook

First published September 18, 2012