Observation of Betatron X-Ray Radiation in a Self-Modulated Laser Wakefield Accelerator Driven with Picosecond Laser Pulses

Albert, F.; Lemos, N.; Shaw, J. L.; Pollock, B. B.; Goyon, C.; Schumaker, W.; Saunders, A. M.; Marsh, K. A.; Pak, A.; Ralph, J. E.; Martins, J. L.; Amorim, L. D.; Falcone, R. W.; Glenzer, S. H.; Moody, J. D.; Joshi, C.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.134801

Observation of Betatron X-Ray Radiation in a Self-Modulated Laser Wakefield Accelerator Driven with Picosecond Laser Pulses

Journal Article · Fri Mar 31 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.134801· OSTI ID:1361074

Albert, F. ^[1]; Lemos, N. ^[2]; Shaw, J. L. ^[3]; Pollock, B. B. ^[1]; Goyon, C. ^[1]; Schumaker, W. ^[4]; Saunders, A. M. ^[5]; Marsh, K. A. ^[3]; Pak, A. ^[1]; Ralph, J. E. ^[1]; Martins, J. L. ^[6]; Amorim, L. D. ^[7]; Falcone, R. W. ^[5]; Glenzer, S. H. ^[4]; Moody, J. D. ^[1]; Joshi, C. ^[3]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL) and Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
Univ. of Lisbon (Portugal). Inst. of Plasma and Nuclear Fusion
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Electrical Engineering; Univ. of Lisbon (Portugal). Inst. of Plasma and Nuclear Fusion

We investigate a new regime for betatron x-ray emission that utilizes kilojoule-class picosecond lasers to drive wakes in plasmas. When such laser pulses with intensities of ~ 5 × 1 0 ¹⁸ W / cm ² are focused into plasmas with electron densities of ~ 1 × 1 0 ¹⁹ cm ^{- 3} , they undergo self-modulation and channeling, which accelerates electrons up to 200 MeV energies and causes those electrons to emit x rays. The measured x-ray spectra are fit with a synchrotron spectrum with a critical energy of 10–20 keV, and 2D particle-in-cell simulations were used to model the acceleration and radiation of the electrons in our experimental conditions

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES) (SC-24)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; AC52-07NA27344; AC02-05CH11231; NA0002950

OSTI ID:: 1361074

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1349547
OSTI ID: 1361583
OSTI ID: 1364532
OSTI ID: 1379784

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL--701573

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 13 Vol. 118; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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