Mapping electromagnetic fields structure in plasma using a spin polarized electron beam

An, X. Y. and Chen, M. and Li, J. X. and Weng, S. M. and He, F. and Sheng, Z. M. and Zhang, J. (2019) Mapping electromagnetic fields structure in plasma using a spin polarized electron beam. Physics of Plasmas, 26 (12). 123106. ISSN 1070-664X (https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5118710)

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Abstract

We propose a scheme to mapping electromagnetic field structure in plasma by using a spin polarized relativistic electron beam. Especially by using Particle-in-Cell (PIC) and spin tracing simulations, we have successfully reconstructed a plasma wakefield from the spin evolution of a transmitted electron beam. Electron trajectories of the probe beam are obtained from PIC simulations, and the spin evolutions during the beam propagating through the fields are calculated by a spin tracing code. The reconstructed fields illustrate the main characters of the original fields, which demonstrates the feasibility of field detection by use of spin polarized relativistic electron beams.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:71933
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    13 December 2019
    Published
    19 November 2019
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:31 Mar 2020 09:54
    Last modified:09 Apr 2024 01:23
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/71933
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