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Refraction of a particle beam

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  • Patric Muggli

    (University of Southern California)

  • Seung Lee

    (University of Southern California)

  • Thomas Katsouleas

    (University of Southern California)

  • Ralph Assmann

    (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University)

  • Franz-Joseph Decker

    (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University)

  • Mark J. Hogan

    (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University)

  • Richard Iverson

    (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University)

  • Pantaleo Raimondi

    (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University)

  • Robert H. Siemann

    (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University)

  • Dieter Walz

    (Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University)

  • Brent Blue

    (University of California)

  • Christopher E. Clayton

    (University of California)

  • Evan Dodd

    (University of California)

  • Ricardo A. Fonseca

    (University of California)

  • Roy Hemker

    (University of California)

  • Chandrashekhar Joshi

    (University of California)

  • Kenneth A. Marsh

    (University of California)

  • Warren B. Mori

    (University of California)

  • Shoquin Wang

    (University of California)

Abstract

The refraction of light at an interface is familiar as a rainbow or the 'bending' of a pencil in a glass of water. Here we show that particles can also be refracted and even totally internally reflected, as evidenced by an electron beam of 28.5 × 109 electron volts being deflected by more than a milli-radian upon exiting a passive boundary between a plasma and a gas — the electron beam is bent away from the normal to the interface, just like light leaving a medium of higher refractive index. This phenomenon could lead to the replacement of magnetic kickers by fast optical kickers in particle accelerators, for example, or to compact magnet-less storage rings in which beams are guided by plasma fibre optics.

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  • Patric Muggli & Seung Lee & Thomas Katsouleas & Ralph Assmann & Franz-Joseph Decker & Mark J. Hogan & Richard Iverson & Pantaleo Raimondi & Robert H. Siemann & Dieter Walz & Brent Blue & Christopher E, 2001. "Refraction of a particle beam," Nature, Nature, vol. 411(6833), pages 43-43, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:411:y:2001:i:6833:d:10.1038_35075144
    DOI: 10.1038/35075144
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