The course will last 9 lessons 2h each. It will start on 21st of February, from 14:30 to 16:30.
PREREQUISITES: Classical electrodynamics, basics of special relativity
LESSON 1: Introduction to basic plasma physics in the regime explored in LWFA.
LESSON 2: The laser field description through the fields and the vector
potentials. Understanding the ponderomotive force effect.
LESSON 3: The fluid description of the plasma and the plasma waves relevant in LWFA, including their dispersion relations.
LESSON 4: The (magic) 1D model in detail (with online simulations) and the best scenario for LWFA.
LESSON 5: 3D effects on and laser evolution (the challenging parts of
LWFA)
LESSON 6: Particle In Cell methods and application on LWFA. Examples and laboratory with PIC.
LESSON 7: How to increase the energy and quality of the accelerated beams.
LESSON 8: How to generate high charge beams for applications (VHEE, n,
e+, muons...)
LESSON 9: Radiation sources with LWFA: Betatron and Thomson backscattering high-brilliance sources.
