Laser wakefield accelerated electron beams and betatron radiation from multijet gas targets.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 Oct 2020
08 Oct 2020
Historique:
received:
03
06
2020
accepted:
17
09
2020
entrez:
9
10
2020
pubmed:
10
10
2020
medline:
10
10
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Laser Plasma Wakefield Accelerated (LWFA) electron beams and efficiency of betatron X-ray sources is studied using laser micromachined supersonic gas jet nozzle arrays. Separate sections of the target are used for the injection, acceleration and enhancement of electron oscillation. In this report, we present the results of LWFA and X-ray generation using dynamic gas density grid built by shock-waves of colliding jets. The experiment was done with the 40 TW, 35 fs laser at the Lund Laser Centre. Electron energies of 30-150 MeV and 1.0 × 10
Identifiants
pubmed: 33033319
doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-73805-7
pii: 10.1038/s41598-020-73805-7
pmc: PMC7545103
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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IM
Pagination
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Organisme : Lietuvos Mokslo Taryba
ID : S- MIP-17-79
Organisme : Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
ID : 730871
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