This article first gives the authors' perspectives on how the field of plasma-based acceleration (PBA) developed and how the current experiments, theory, and simulations are motivated by long term applications of PBA to a future linear collider and an x-ray free electron laser. We then focus on some early applications that will likely emerge from PBA research such as electron beam radiotherapy, directional but incoherent x-ray beams for science and technology, near single cycle continuously tunable infrared pulses for spectroscopy, and non-perturbative quantum electrodynamics enabled by PBA electron beams. In our opinion, these near term applications could be developed within the next decade with a concerted effort by the community.

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等离子体加速器产生电子束的前景及其近期和长期应用

本文首先给出了作者的观点，即基于等离子体的加速 (PBA) 领域是如何发展的，以及当前的实验、理论和模拟如何被 PBA 长期应用于未来的线性对撞机和无 X 射线的电子激光器。然后，我们关注一些可能从 PBA 研究中出现的早期应用，例如电子束放射治疗、用于科学和技术的定向但非相干 X 射线束、用于光谱学的近单周期连续可调红外脉冲，以及非微扰量子电动力学。 PBA 电子束。我们认为，在社区的共同努力下，这些近期应用程序可以在未来十年内开发出来。