Observation of Beam Loading in a Laser-Plasma Accelerator
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Observation of beam loading in a laser-plasma accelerator.
Beam loading is the phenomenon which limits the charge and the beam quality in plasma based accelerators. An experimental study conducted with a laser-plasma accelerator is presented. Beam loading manifests itself through the decrease of the beam energy, the reduction of dark current, and the increase of the energy spread for large beam charge. 3D PIC simulations are compared to the experimenta...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical Review Letters
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0031-9007,1079-7114
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.103.194804