Monoenergetic beams of relativistic electrons from intense laser-plasma interactions

Nature

Volumn 431, Issue 7008, 2004, Pages 535-538

  Mangles, S P D ^a   Murphy, C D ^a,b   Najmudin, Z ^a   Thomas, A G R ^a   Collier, J L ^b   Dangor, A E ^a   Divall, E J ^b   Foster, P S ^b   Gallacher, J G ^c   Hooker, C J ^b   Jaroszynski, D A ^c   Langley, A J ^b   Mori, W B ^d   Norreys, P A ^b   Tsung, F S ^d   Viskup, R ^c   Walton, B R ^a   Krushelnick, K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPECTRUM; HIGH-POWER LASERS; LASER-PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

ELECTRON BEAMS; GAMMA RAYS; LASERS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PARTICLE BEAM BUNCHING; PROTONS;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; GAMMA RADIATION; LASER; MEASUREMENT; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 5044239442     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02939     Document Type: Article

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