Self-guided laser wakefield acceleration beyond 1 GeV using ionization-induced injection

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Clayton, C E ^a   Ralph, J E ^b   Albert, F ^b   Fonseca, R A ^c   Glenzer, S H ^b   Joshi, C ^a   Lu, W ^a   Marsh, K A ^a   Martins, S F ^c   Mori, W B ^a   Pak, A ^a   Tsung, F S ^a   Pollock, B B ^b,d   Ross, J S ^b,d   Silva, L O ^c   Froula, D H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CO2 GAS; GAS CELL; HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRON; K-SHELL ELECTRONS; LASER LIGHTS; LASER PROPAGATION; LASER WAKEFIELD ACCELERATION; LASER WAKEFIELD ACCELERATORS; SPECTRAL CONTENT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; OXYGEN; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; WAKES;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 77956270372     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.105003     Document Type: Article

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