RTG Seminar by Jens Osterhoff

The field of particle acceleration in plasma waves has seen remarkable progress in recent years. These days, acceleration gradients of more than 10 GV/m can be readily achieved using either ultra-short intense laser pulses or particle beams as wake drivers. Such field strengths imply a possible reduction by orders of magnitude in the footprint of accelerator installations compared to the current state-of-the-art with potentially revolutionary consequences for applications in photon science, medicine, and high-energy physics. ...