- PWFA
- Plasma Wakefield Accelerator Contributor: CASI
NASA Acronyms. 2013.
PWFA
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Plasma acceleration — is a technique for accelerating charged particles, such as electrons, positrons and ions, using an electric field associated with an electron plasma wave. The wave is created by the passage of a very brief laser or electron pulse through the… … Wikipedia
plasma acceleration — noun A method for accelerating electrically charged particles with a large amplitude electron plasma wave. See Also: plasma accelerator, plasma wakefield acceleration, PWFA, laser beat wave acceleration, LBWA … Wiktionary
plasma wakefield acceleration — noun a method of high gradient particle acceleration which utilizes the longitudinal electric field of plasma wakefield excited by a laser pulse or bunch of relativistic charged particles; abbreviated as PWFA … Wiktionary
