Beam-loading and radiative feedback in particle acceleration

学生将对结构导波的电子-电磁相互作用的自洽‘束流加载’模型进行理论和数值研究。该理论将应用于高度相对论电子束和低能电子束的加速。学生还将承担色散设计的波导型结构中高梯度太赫兹驱动加速的开发和实验研究。实验研究将利用我们在考克罗夫特研究所的超快激光和电子源设施，以及达累斯伯里国家实验室的高能粒子加速器设施。

The student will undertake theoretical and numerical investigations into a self-consistent 'beam-loading' model for the electron-electromagnetic interaction of structure-guided waves. The theory will be applied to the acceleration of both highly relativistic and lower-energy electron beams. The studentship will also undertake the development and experimental investigation of high-gradient THz-driven acceleration in dispersion-designed waveguide-like structures. The experimental research will make use of our ultrafast laser and electron-source facilities at the Cockcroft Institute, and high-energy particle accelerator facilities at Daresbury national laboratory.