Observation of a hot high-current electron beam from a self-modulated laser wakefield accelerator

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1227-1230

  Santala, M I K ^a,d   Najmudin, Z ^a   Clark, E L ^a   Tatarakis, M ^a   Krushelnick, K ^a   Dangor, A E ^a   Malka, V ^b   Faure, J ^b   Allott, R ^c   Clarke, R J ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c Science and Technology Facilities Council   (United Kingdom)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT HIGH CURRENT ELECTRON BEAM; PHOTONUCLEAR TECHNIQUES; SELF MODULATED LASER WAKEFIELD ACCELERATOR;

ELECTRONS; LASER PULSES; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMAS; SPECTROMETERS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

EID: 14344276395     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.1227     Document Type: Article

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