Generation of stable, low-divergence electron beams by laser-wakefield acceleration in a steady-state-flow gas cell

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Osterhoff, J ^a   Popp, A ^a   Major, Zs ^a,b   Marx, B ^a,b   Rowlands Rees, T P ^c   Fuchs, M ^a,b   Geissler, M ^d   Horlein R ^a,b   Hidding, B ^e   Becker, S ^b   Peralta, E A ^a   Schramm, U ^f   Gruner F ^a   Habs, D ^b   Krausz, F ^a,b   Hooker, S M ^c   Karsch, S ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON GUNS; ELECTRON OPTICS; GASES; HARMONIC GENERATION; LASERS; PARTICLE BEAMS;

DENSITY PROFILES; EXTREME ULTRA-VIOLET; GAS CELLS; RELATIVISTIC ELECTRONS; SHOT-TO-SHOT STABILITY; WAKE FIELDS;

DENSITY OF GASES;

EID: 50249142952     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.085002     Document Type: Article

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