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This lecture focuses on the topic of staged laser wakefield acceleration together with the fundamentals of beam physics, which is necessary for discussing the topic. Staged acceleration is considered to accelerate an electron energy or to control an electron beam in phase space.
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We thank Dr. T. Esirkepov for providing PIC simulation data, Dr. J. Koga for careful reading of the manuscript, Dr. T. Hosokai, Dr. K. Huang, Dr. M. Mori, Dr. N. Nakanii, Dr. Y. Hayashi, Dr. H. Kotaki, Prof. S. V. Bulanov for fruitful discussions, and Dr. Y. Sano for encouragement. This work was supported by the ImPACT Program of the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (Cabinet Office, Government of Japan).
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Kando, M. (2019). LWFA Electrons: Staged Acceleration. In: Gizzi, L., Assmann, R., Koester, P., Giulietti, A. (eds) Laser-Driven Sources of High Energy Particles and Radiation. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 231. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-25850-4_4
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