Observation of synchrotron radiation from electrons accelerated in a petawatt-laser-generated plasma cavity

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Kneip, S ^a   Nagel, S R ^a   Bellei, C ^a   Bourgeois, N ^b   Dangor, A E ^a   Gopal, A ^c   Heathcote, R ^d   Mangles, S P D ^a   Marques J R ^b   Maksimchuk, A ^e   Nilson, P M ^a   Phuoc, K Ta ^f   Reed, S ^e   Tzoufras, M ^g   Tsung, F S ^g   Willingale, L ^a   Mori, W B ^g   Rousse, A ^f   Krushelnick, K ^a,e   Najmudin, Z ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^d Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; LASER BEAMS; PLASMA DEVICES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAYS;

LASER INTENSITY; MAXWELLIAN TEMPERATURE; PLASMA CHANNEL; PLASMA ELECTRONS;

LASER RESONATORS;

EID: 40849083694     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.105006     Document Type: Article

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