Collective Acceleration of Barium Ions in a Preformed Anode Plasma

Abstract
Barium ions in a preformed anode plasma were collectively accelerated up to a peak energy of 270 MeV (2.0 MeV/amu) using an electron beam pulse with peak energy of about 0.4 MeV, peak diode current 16 kA and pulse-width of 10 ns (FWHM).