wakefield

See also: Wakefield

English

Etymology

From wake +‎ field.

Noun

wakefield (plural wakefields)

  1. (physics) The electron density wave structure which immediately follows an intense laser beam or relativistic charged particle beam as it passes through a plasma; the electric field or potential associated with such a structure.
    • 2009, E. Esarey, C. B. Schroeder & W. P. Leemans, “Physics of laser-driven plasma-based electron accelerators”, in Reviews of Modern Physics, volume 81, number 3, pages 1229-1285:
      Calculation of the plasma wakefields (driven electron plasma waves) generated by nonevolving drive laser pulses is straightforward.

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