University of California, Los Angeles
The Plasma-Accelerator Group at UCLA continues to have a very strong program on the many possible roles that plasmas might play in future high-energy accelerators. These include:
1) ultra-high gradient plasma accelerating structures plasmas for focusing/deflecting ultra-relativistic particle beams
2) novel radiation sources based on beam-plasma techniques
3) novel techniques for generating positrons using plasmas
The research program comprises of experiments, theory and supporting computer simulations.