Effect of the plasma density scale length on the direction of fast electrons in relativistic laser-solid interactions
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The angular distribution of bremsstrahlung gamma rays produced by fast electrons accelerated in relativistic laser-solid interaction has been studied by photoneutron activation in copper. We show that the gamma-ray beam moves from the target normal to the direction of the k(laser) vector as the scale length is increased. Similar behavior is found also in 2D particle-in-cell simulations.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 84 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2000