Laser wakefield plasma accelerators

Laser and Photonics Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-52

  Krushelnick, Karl ^a   Malka, Victor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

Author keywords

Channeling; Filamentation in plasmas; Gamma ray; Laser plasma acceleration of electrons and ions; Laser plasma interactions; Particle generation; Self focussing; X ray

Indexed keywords

CHANNELING; FILAMENTATION; GAMMA-RAY LASERS; LASER-PLASMA ACCELERATION OF ELECTRONS AND IONS; LASER-PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE GENERATION; SELF FOCUSSING;

ACCELERATION; BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; GAMMA RAYS; LASER BEAMS; LASER FUSION; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

PLASMA STABILITY;

EID: 73349115906     PISSN: 18638880     EISSN: 18638899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lpor.200810062     Document Type: Article

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