plasma accelerator

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Definition of plasma accelerator in English English dictionary

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

Related Terms

laser-plasma accelerator

A kind of plasma accelerator that utilize an amplitude-modulated intense laser beam to excite a large amplitude plasma wave that propagates at near the speed of light with a longitudinal acceleration electric field

plasma wakefield accelerator

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

Hyphenation

plas·ma ac·cel·e·ra·tor

Turkish pronunciation

pläzmı äkselıreytır

Pronunciation

/ˈplazmə akˈselərˌātər/ /ˈplæzmə ækˈsɛlɜrˌeɪtɜr/