Quasi-monoenergetic laser-plasma acceleration of electrons to 2 GeV

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wang, Xiaoming ^a   Zgadzaj, Rafal ^a   Fazel, Neil ^a   Li, Zhengyan ^a   Yi, S A ^a   Zhang, Xi ^a   Henderson, Watson ^a   Chang, Y Y ^a   Korzekwa, R ^a   Tsai, H E ^a   Pai, C H ^a   Quevedo, H ^a   Dyer, G ^a   Gaul, E ^a   Martinez, M ^a   Bernstein, A C ^a   Borger, T ^a   Spinks, M ^a   Donovan, M ^a   Khudik, V ^a   Shvets, G ^a   Ditmire, T ^a   Downer, M C ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ELECTRON; ENERGETICS; EQUIPMENT; LASER; PLASMA; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; COLLISION; DENSITY; ENERGY; LASER METHOD;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; ENERGY; LASER; LASER PLASMA ACCELERATOR; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; SIMULATION; ELECTRON BEAM; GEOMETRY; LIGHT; MAGNETIC FIELD; OSCILLATION; PLASMA; POLARIZATION; RELIABILITY; TRIANGULATION;

EID: 84881526983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2988     Document Type: Article

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