The neutrino electron accelerator

P. K. Shukla; L. Stenflo; R. Bingham; H. A. Bethe; J. M. Dawson; J. T. Mendonça

doi:10.1063/1.872704

The neutrino electron accelerator

P. K. Shukla, L. Stenflo, R. Bingham, H. A. Bethe, J. M. Dawson, J. T. Mendonça

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Abstract

It is shown that a wake of electron plasma oscillations can be created by the nonlinear ponderomotive force of an intense neutrino flux. The electrons trapped in the plasma wakefield will be accelerated to high energies. Such processes may be important in supernovas and pulsars.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-3
Number of pages	3
Journal	Physics of Plasmas
Volume	5
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.872704
Publication status	Published - Jan 1998

Keywords

accelerator
electrons
fluxes
neutrinos
oscillation
plasma
pulsars

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