Experiments and simulations of the colliding pulse injection of electrons in plasma wakefields

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4 PART 4, 2008, Pages 1751-1759

  Faure, Jerome ^a   Rechatin, Clement ^a   Lifschitz, Agustin F ^b   Davoine, Xavier ^c   Lefebvre, Erik ^c   Malka, Victor ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c CEA DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Colliding laser pulses; Electron acceleration; Electron injection; Laser plasma accelerator

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ELECTRON INJECTION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASER PULSES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

COLLIDING LASER PULSE; COLLIDING PULSE; COUNTERPROPAGATING; ELECTRON ACCELERATION; KINETIC EFFECT; LASER-PLASMA ACCELERATOR; SELF-CONSISTENT MODEL; ULTRAINTENSE LASER PULSE;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 50249176026     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.927430     Document Type: Article

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