Structure wakefield and dielectric laser accelerators
Instead of microwaves, small dielectric tubes can be driven by an intense electron bunch, or tiny glass structures by a laser, to reach much higher accelerating fields. The open questions are how efficient, stable and scalable such accelerators can be.
Why it matters
They are candidates for compact linacs and for multi-TeV colliders far shorter than present designs.
Review
R. J. England, R. J. Noble, K. Bane et al., Dielectric laser accelerators, Reviews of Modern Physics, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.86.1337 reference checked
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