Resources
Important links
Zoom link for the lectures: https://msu.zoom.us/j/97753066834
Slack for lectures and homeworks discussion: https://uspas-plasma-acc-2022.slack.com
Link to the Jupyter hub: https://jupyter.picksc.org
Setup instructions for working with the Jupyter notebooks: click here for slides
Lecture notes / recordings
Lecture Notes
Lecture 1A
Lecture_1A.pdfLecture 1B
Lecture_1B.pdfLecture 2
Lecture 2.pdfLecture 3
Lecture 3.pdfLecture 4
Lecture 4.pdfLecture 5
Lecture 5.pdfLecture 6
Lecture 6.pdfLecture 7
Lecture_7.pdfLecture 8
Lecture_8.pdfLecture 9
Lecture_9.pdfLecture 10
Lecture_10.pdfLecture 11
Lecture_11.pdfLecture 12
Lecture_12.pdfLecture 13
Lecture_13.pdfLecture 14
Lecture_14.pdfLecture 15
Lecture_15.pdfLecture 16
Lecture_16.pdfLecture Recordings
Lectures 1A&B
Lectures_1A&1B_some_missing.mp4This recording is, unfortunately, missing some of the beginning and middle of the lecture.
Lectures 2&3
Lecture_2&3.mp4Lecture 4
Lecture_4.mp4Lecture 5
Lecture_5.mp4Lecture 6
Lecture_6.mp4Lecture 7
Lecture_7.mp4Lecture 8
Lecture_8.mp4Lecture 14
Lecture_14.mp4Lecture 9
Lecture 9.mp4Lecture 15
Lecture_15.mp4Lecture 10
Lecture_10.mp4Lecture 16
Lecture_16.mp4Lecture 11
Lecture_11.mp4Lecture 12
Lecture_12.mp4Lecture 13
Lecture_13.mp4Other resources
NRL plasma formulary
NRL_Formulary_2019.pdfCollective Behavior in Plasma
Collective Behavior in Plasma, Fluid Equations.pdfJupyter notebook on single particle motion
The ponderomotive guiding center
Ponderomotive_guiding_center.pdfPhase-space and spectral shape
Spectral_shape.pdfJupyter noterbook showing phase-space of 1D wake
Reference Papers
HW2 Energy doubling PWFA paper
HW2_2007-Energy_doubling_of_42_GeV_electrons_in_a_metre-scale_plasma_wakefield_accelerator..pdfLu Phys Plasmas 2005
Lu_POP_2005.pdfTajima and Dawson
Tajima and Dawson.pdfEsirkepov 2006
Esirkepov_PRL_2006.pdfDecker Phys. Plasmas
Decker_POP_1996.pdfBulanov 1991
Bulanov_JETP_1989.pdfLu PRST-AB 2007
Lu_PRSTAB_2007.pdfAkheizer and Polovin
Akhiezer_JETP_1956.pdfRosenzweig 1987
Rosenzweig_PRL_1987.pdfLu Phys Plasmas 2006
Lu_POP_2006.pdfKatsouleas 1987
Katsouleas_Par_Accel_1987.pdfPrepared Notes
2022 1D linear and nonlinear wakefields.pdf1D Linear and Nonlinear Waves
2022 Laser and Beam Coupling to Plasma.pdfLaser and Beam Coupling to Plasma
2022 3D Blowout Wakefields.pdf3D Blowout Regime
2022 Particle Orbits and Trapping Physics.pdfParticle Orbits and Trapping
Beam loading.pdfBeam Loading
Transverse beam dynamics and emittance preservation.pdfTransverse Dynamics and Emittance Preservation