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Petawatt-Laser-Driven Wakefield Acceleration Of Electrons To 2 Gev In 10(17)Cm(-3) Plasma

Wang, X.; Zgadzaj, R.; Fazel, N.; Yi, S. A.; Zhang, X.; Henderson, W.; Chang, Y. Y.; Korzekwa, R.; Tsai, H. E.; Pai, C. H.; Li, Z.; Quevedo, H.; Dyer, G.; Gaul, E.; Martinez, M.; Bernstein, A.; Borger, T.; Spinks, M.; Donovan, M.; Kalmykov, S. Y.; Khudik, V.; Shvets, G.; Ditmire, T.; Downer, M. C. (2012-06)

Electron self-injection into a laser-plasma accelerator (LPA) driven by the Texas Petawatt (TPW) laser is reported at plasma densities 1.7 - 6.2 x 10(17) cm(-3). Energy and charge of the electron beam, ranging from 0.5 GeV ...