Plasma Linear Accelerator II

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Abstract
The acceleration of a plasma bunch by the radiation pressure was investigated experimentally with pulsed operation of a 2 MW magnetron. A plasma gun was contrived and used as an injector that produced a small bunch of plasma containing 1012-14ion pairs. Carbon ions and fluoric ones, which were main components of the plasma, were accelerated up to 70 keV at the highest and to 4.6 keV on the average. Theoretical predictions were verified as far as the acceleration of a plasma bunch by the single reflection of the wave was concerned.