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Observation of a Hot High-Current Electron Beam from a Self-Modulated Laser Wakefield Accelerator
M. I. K. Santala
1, 2
Z. Najmudin
1
E. L. Clark
1
M. Tatarakis
1
K. Krushelnick
1
A.E. Dangor
1
Victor Malka
3
Jérôme Faure
3
R. Allott
4
R.J. Clarke
4
K. Krushelnick 1
Author
A.E. Dangor 1
Author
Victor Malka 3
Author IdHAL : victor-malka
Jérôme Faure 3
Author IdHAL : jerome-faure ORCID : https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0538-5774
R. Allott 4
Author
R.J. Clarke 4
Author
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Blackett Laboratory (Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ - United Kingdom)
- Imperial College London (South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ - United Kingdom)
2
Department of Engineering Physics and Mathematics (P.O. Box 2200, 02015 HUT - Finland)
- TKK - TKK Helsinki University of Technology (Networking Laboratory P.O.Box 3000, FIN-02015 TKK, Finland - Finland)
3
LULI - Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses (LULI, École Polytechnique, route de Saclay 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France LULI, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6) 3 rue Galilée 9420 Ivry-sur-Seine, France - France)
- UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (4 place Jussieu - 75005 Paris - France)
- CEA - Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives : DAM/DIF (Centre de Saclay Centre de Grenoble Centre de Cadarache etc - France)
- X - École polytechnique (École polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex - France)
- CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique : UMR7605 (France)
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CLF - Central Laser Facility (Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0QX - United Kingdom)
- RAL - STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Harwell Campus, Didcot OX11 0FA - United Kingdom)
- STFC - Science and Technology Facilities Council (Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon SN2 1SZ - United Kingdom)
Abstract : A highly relativistic electron beam produced by a 50 TW laser-plasma accelerator has been characterized by photonuclear techniques. The beam has large divergence that increases with plasma density. The electron yield also increases with plasma density and reaches up to 4×10^11 electrons ( >10MeV), with beam current approaching the Alfvén limit. Effective electron temperatures exceeding 8 MeV are found, leading to an order of magnitude higher photonuclear activation yield than in solid target experiments with the same laser system.
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Contributor : Thuy Le <>
Submitted on : Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 3:44:50 PM
Last modification on : Friday, March 5, 2021 - 3:12:04 PM
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- HAL Id : hal-00520553, version 1
- DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.1227
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M. I. K. Santala, Z. Najmudin, E. L. Clark, M. Tatarakis, K. Krushelnick, et al.. Observation of a Hot High-Current Electron Beam from a Self-Modulated Laser Wakefield Accelerator. Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society, 2001, 86 (7), pp.1227-1230. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.1227⟩. ⟨hal-00520553⟩
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