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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 ...

Analytic Model Of Electron Self-Injection In A Plasma Wakefield Accelerator In The Strongly Nonlinear Bubble Regime

Yi, S. A.; Khudik, V.; Siemon, C.; Shvets, G. (2012-06)

Self-injection of background electrons in plasma wakefield accelerators in the highly nonlinear bubble regime is analyzed using particle-in-cell and semi-analytic modeling. It is shown that the return current in the bubble ...

Monoenergetic Acceleration Of A Target Foil By Circularly Polarized Laser Pulse In Rpa Regime Without Thermal Heating

Khudik, V.; Yi, S. A.; Siemon, C.; Shvets, G. (2012-06)

A kinetic model of the monoenergetic acceleration of a target foil irradiated by the circularly polarized laser pulse is developed. The target moves without thermal heating with constant acceleration which is provided by ...

Laser-Seeded Modulation Instability Within LHC Proton Beams

Siemon, C.; Khudik, V.; Yi, S. A.; Pukhov, A.; Shvets, G. (2012-06)

A new method for seeding the modulation instability (MI) within an SPS-LHC proton beam using a laser pulse is presented. Using simulations, we show that a laser pulse placed ahead of a proton beam excites axially symmetric ...