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  "abstract": "Plasma wakefield acceleration is usually regarded as a classical mechanism for producing high- energy charged-particle beams. Here we show that an axisymmetric plasma wakefield can also act as a moving quantum structure that supports relativistic vortex electron states. Starting from the Dirac equation, we derive the electron spinor eigenstates with definite total angular momentum in an ideal bubble-regime wakefield. The transverse focusing field confines and quantizes the electron transverse motion into Laguerre-Gaussian vortex modes, while the longitudinal electric field acceler- ates the electron without destroying the symmetry-protected angular momenta. We further analyze the localized and off-axis vortex electron wave-packets, and non-ideal wakefield perturbations, and identify the conditions for preserving electron-vortex-state purity. These results suggest plasma wakefield as a route toward high-energy vortex electrons and extend plasma-based acceleration from classical beam dynamics to quantum-state control of relativistic particles.",
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      "name": "Zhigang Bu"
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    {
      "name": "Lingang Zhang"
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    {
      "name": "Liangliang Ji"
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2608.28301",
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  "published": "2026-08-28",
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  "title": "Wakefield-Dressed Relativistic Vortex Electrons in Plasma Accelerators",
  "title_text": "Wakefield-Dressed Relativistic Vortex Electrons in Plasma Accelerators",
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