INTENSITY EFFECTS ON INVERSE-BREMSSTRAHLUNG ELECTRON ACCELERATION

The effects of beam intensity on the laser field on inverse-bremsstrah lung electron acceleration are investigated. A self-consistent Hamilto nian formalism that takes into account both particles and wave dynamic s is developed. It is shown that efficient acceleration is achieved fo r high-density beams. However, for such high densities, beam plasma ef fects impose a limitation on energy gain. A method is proposed in orde r to remove the limiting effects.