Femtosecond single-bunched linac for pulse radiolysis based on laser wakefield acceleration

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 453-459

  Ogata, Atsushi ^a,c   Nakajima, K ^b   Kozawa, Takahiro ^a   Yoshida, Y ^a  

^a HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ACCELERATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; LASER PULSES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PLASMA WAVES; SPECIFICATIONS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

LASER WAKEFIELD ACCELERATION; PULSE RADIOLYSIS;

LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

EID: 0030121489     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/27.510011     Document Type: Article

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