GeV electron beams from a centimetre-scale accelerator

Nature Physics

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 696-699

  Leemans, W P ^a,d   Nagler, B ^a   Gonsalves, A J ^b   Toth Cs ^a   Nakamura, K ^a,c   Geddes, C G R ^a   Esarey, E ^a,d   Schroeder, C B ^a   Hooker, S M ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; HIGH ENERGY LASERS; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION;

ACCELERATING FIELDS; GAS FILLED CAPILLARY DISCHARGE WAVEGUIDES; GEV ELECTRON BEAM; HIGH-ENERGY PARTICLE PHYSICS; LASER INTENSITIES; LASER WAKEFIELD ACCELERATORS; PETAWATT CLASS LASERS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY;

GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33749352255     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys418     Document Type: Article

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