Mechanisms of electron injection into laser wakefields by a weak counter-propagating pulse

European Physical Journal: Special Topics

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-55

  Sheng, Z M ^a,b   Wang, W M ^b   Trines, R ^c   Norreys, P ^c   Chen, M ^b   Zhang, J ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^c Science and Technology Facilities Council   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 69149089152     PISSN: 19516355     EISSN: 19516401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjst/e2009-01116-5     Document Type: Article

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