Observation of a hot high-current electron beam from a self-modulated laser wakefield accelerator.
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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 4x10(11) electrons ( >10 MeV), 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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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 86 7 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001