Editorial: Wakefield generation and particle acceleration in high-intensity laser plasma and beam-plasma interactions

Abstract

The plasma based particle acceleration mechanism has been recognized as one of the most promising alternative acceleration schemes over the past many years. In particular, the laser wakefield acceleration scheme (that uses the wave electric field, whose strength is associated with the plasma density) and the direct laser acceleration scheme (which relies on the laser field intensity for energy transfer inside the plasma), as well as particle acceleration by beam-plasma interactions have been hot topics in recent times owing to their potential applications in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas. Furthermore, depending on the laser pulse size compared to the typical plasma skin depth, both the wakefield generation and soliton formation can be possible in plasmas. This Research Topic aims to present some recent developments on the particle acceleration mechanism as well as the propagation characteristics of AH edited the manuscript and approved it for publication.