Lin Hai, Shen Baifei, Zha Xuejun, Li Ruxin, Chen Li-Ming, Xu Zhizhan
State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, PO Box 800-211, Shanghai 201800, China.
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2009 Sep;80(3 Pt 2):035401. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.035401. Epub 2009 Sep 10.
The self-field and the associated plasma response of an externally injected charged particle in plasmas are investigated within a self-consistent formalism that extends a formula used in plasma wake-field acceleration. The response of plasmas to such a self-field is also investigated through this self-consistent theory. This self-consistent theory leads to a correct formula of plasma wake field.