Proposal for a particle accelerator driven by a far-infrared free-electron laser

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Abstract

We propose a scheme of particle accelerators driven by far-infrared free-electron lasers on the basis of oversized periodically or helically corrugated hollow waveguides with cooled walls of high-Tc superconductors. In this context, we discuss the basic principles of particle acceleration in periodic and helical hollow waveguides, the relevant modes and fields of these waveguides, attenuation and damage threshold in the waveguides assuming walls made of standard metals as well as high-Tc superconductors, and the energy gain of particles for two modes of coupling laser radiation into the waveguides.

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