wakefield

See also: Wakefield

English

Etymology

From wake +‎ field.

Noun

wakefield (plural wakefields)

  1. (physics) A small area of very strong potential gradient, in a laser beam or plasma stream, used to accelerate charged particles in a plasma wakefield accelerator

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