Study of near-GeV acceleration of electrons in a non-linear plasma wave driven by a self-guided laser pulse

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kneip, S ^a   Nagel, S R ^a   Bellei, C ^a   Cheklov, O ^b   Clarke, R J ^b   Delerue, N ^c   Divall, E J ^b   Doucas, G ^c   Ertel, K ^b   Fiuza, F ^d   Fonseca, R ^d   Foster, P ^b   Hawkes, S J ^b   Heathcote, R ^b   Hooker, C J ^b   Krushelnick, K ^a,e   Martins, S F ^d   Palmer, C A J ^a   Phuoc, K Ta ^f   Rajeev, P ^b   Schreiber, J ^a   Silva, L O ^d   Streeter, M J V ^b   Urner, D ^c   Vieira, J ^b   Mangles, S P D ^a   Najmudin, Z ^a   more..

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Science and Technology Facilities Council   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM STABILITY; BEAMLETS; ELECTRON ENERGIES; FOCAL SPOT; FOCAL SPOT SIZE; INTENSITY AMPLIFICATION; LASER WAKEFIELD ACCELERATORS; LASER-PULSE ENERGY; NON-LINEAR; POINTING STABILITY; SELF-GUIDED LASER PULSE; VACUUM INTENSITY;

DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LASER PULSES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMA DENSITY; PLASMA WAVES; STABILITY;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 79551636591     PISSN: 07413335     EISSN: 13616587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/53/1/014008     Document Type: Article

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