Gamma-rays from harmonically resonant betatron oscillations in a plasma wake

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 867-871

  Cipiccia, Silvia ^a   Islam, Mohammad R ^a   Ersfeld, Bernhard ^a   Shanks, Richard P ^a   Brunetti, Enrico ^a   Vieux, Gregory ^a   Yang, Xue ^a   Issac, Riju C ^a   Wiggins, Samuel M ^a   Welsh, Gregor H ^a   Anania, Maria Pia ^a   Maneuski, Dzmitry ^b   Montgomery, Rachel ^b   Smith, Gary ^b   Hoek, Matthias ^b   Hamilton, David J ^b   Lemos, Nuno R C ^c   Symes, Dan ^d   Rajeev, Pattathil P ^d   Shea, Val O ^b   Dias, João M ^c   Jaroszynski, Dino A ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80555150655     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2090     Document Type: Article

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