Plasma Acceleration is a physical process in electric propulsion systems whereby ions within a plasma are accelerated by electromagnetic fields to generate thrust, distinguished from other acceleration mechanisms by the collective behavior of charged particles mediated through plasma instabilities and wave-particle interactions.
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T. Tajima, J. M. Dawson · Physical Review Letters · 1979 · 4.6K citations
Ion acceleration by superintense laser-plasma interaction
Andrea Macchi, M. Borghesi, M. Passoni · Reviews of Modern Physics · 2013 · 1.4K citations · Full text
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Overview of plasma-based accelerator concepts
E. Esarey, P. Sprangle, J. Krall et al. · IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science · 1996 · 1.2K citations
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Electron acceleration from the breaking of relativistic plasma waves
A. Modena, Z. Najmudin, A. E. Dangor et al. · Nature · 1995 · 833 citations
Controlled injection and acceleration of electrons in plasma wakefields by colliding laser pulses
J. Fauré, C. Rechatin, A. Norlin et al. · Nature · 2006 · 827 citations
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