Progress towards a laser produced relativistic electron-positron pair plasma

Chen, Hui; Bonlie, J.; Cauble, R.; Fiuza, F.; Goldstein, W.; Hazi, A.; Keane, C.; Link, A.; Marley, E.; Nagel, S. R.; Park, J.; Shepherd, R.; Williams, G. J.; Meyerhofer, D. D.; Fiksel, G.; Barnak, D.; Chang, P. Y.; Nakai, M.; Arikawa, Y.; Azechi, H.; Fujioka, S.; Kojima, S.; Miyanaga, N.; Morita, T.; Nagai, T.; Nishimura, H.; Ozaki, T.; Sakawa, Y.; Takabe, H.; Zhang, Z.; Kerr, S.; Fedosejevs, R.; Sentoku, Y.; Hill, M. P.; Hoarty, D. J.; Hobbs, L. M. R.; James, S. F.

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/688/1/012010

Title: Progress towards a laser produced relativistic electron-positron pair plasma

Abstract

Here, a set of experiments has been performed exploring unique characteristics of pair jets and plasmas at several energetic short-pulse laser facilities including Titan at Livermore and OMEGA EP in Rochester, as well as the Osaka LFEX and AWE Orion lasers. New results are summarized, including positron beam emittance, scaling of pair production vs. laser energy, and initial results on the pair jet collimation using electromagnetic fields.

Authors:

Chen, Hui ^[1]; Bonlie, J. ^[1]; Cauble, R. ^[1]; Fiuza, F. ^[1]; Goldstein, W. ^[1]; Hazi, A. ^[1]; Keane, C. ^[1]; Link, A. ^[1]; Marley, E. ^[1]; Nagel, S. R. ^[1]; Park, J. ^[1]; Shepherd, R. ^[1]; Williams, G. J. ^[1]; Meyerhofer, D. D. ^[2]; Fiksel, G. ^[2]; Barnak, D. ^[2]; Chang, P. Y. ^[2]; Nakai, M. ^[3]; Arikawa, Y. ^[3]; Azechi, H. ^[3] more »

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States)
Osaka Univ., Osaka (Japan)
Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (Canada)
Univ. of Nevada, Reno, NV (United States)
AWE plc, Reading (United Kingdom)

Publication Date:: Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016

Research Org.:: Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1343828

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-644631
Journal ID: ISSN 1742-6588

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Physics. Conference Series

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 688; Journal ID: ISSN 1742-6588

Publisher:: IOP Publishing

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION

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                    Chen, Hui, Bonlie, J., Cauble, R., Fiuza, F., Goldstein, W., Hazi, A., Keane, C., Link, A., Marley, E., Nagel, S. R., Park, J., Shepherd, R., Williams, G. J., Meyerhofer, D. D., Fiksel, G., Barnak, D., Chang, P. Y., Nakai, M., Arikawa, Y., Azechi, H., Fujioka, S., Kojima, S., Miyanaga, N., Morita, T., Nagai, T., Nishimura, H., Ozaki, T., Sakawa, Y., Takabe, H., Zhang, Z., Kerr, S., Fedosejevs, R., Sentoku, Y., Hill, M. P., Hoarty, D. J., Hobbs, L. M. R., and James, S. F. Progress towards a laser produced relativistic electron-positron pair plasma.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Chen, Hui, Bonlie, J., Cauble, R., Fiuza, F., Goldstein, W., Hazi, A., Keane, C., Link, A., Marley, E., Nagel, S. R., Park, J., Shepherd, R., Williams, G. J., Meyerhofer, D. D., Fiksel, G., Barnak, D., Chang, P. Y., Nakai, M., Arikawa, Y., Azechi, H., Fujioka, S., Kojima, S., Miyanaga, N., Morita, T., Nagai, T., Nishimura, H., Ozaki, T., Sakawa, Y., Takabe, H., Zhang, Z., Kerr, S., Fedosejevs, R., Sentoku, Y., Hill, M. P., Hoarty, D. J., Hobbs, L. M. R., & James, S. F. Progress towards a laser produced relativistic electron-positron pair plasma.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/688/1/012010

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                    Chen, Hui, Bonlie, J., Cauble, R., Fiuza, F., Goldstein, W., Hazi, A., Keane, C., Link, A., Marley, E., Nagel, S. R., Park, J., Shepherd, R., Williams, G. J., Meyerhofer, D. D., Fiksel, G., Barnak, D., Chang, P. Y., Nakai, M., Arikawa, Y., Azechi, H., Fujioka, S., Kojima, S., Miyanaga, N., Morita, T., Nagai, T., Nishimura, H., Ozaki, T., Sakawa, Y., Takabe, H., Zhang, Z., Kerr, S., Fedosejevs, R., Sentoku, Y., Hill, M. P., Hoarty, D. J., Hobbs, L. M. R., and James, S. F. Fri .  
"Progress towards a laser produced relativistic electron-positron pair plasma".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/688/1/012010.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1343828.

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  title        = {Progress towards a laser produced relativistic electron-positron pair plasma},

  author       = {Chen, Hui and Bonlie, J. and Cauble, R. and Fiuza, F. and Goldstein, W. and Hazi, A. and Keane, C. and Link, A. and Marley, E. and Nagel, S. R. and Park, J. and Shepherd, R. and Williams, G. J. and Meyerhofer, D. D. and Fiksel, G. and Barnak, D. and Chang, P. Y. and Nakai, M. and Arikawa, Y. and Azechi, H. and Fujioka, S. and Kojima, S. and Miyanaga, N. and Morita, T. and Nagai, T. and Nishimura, H. and Ozaki, T. and Sakawa, Y. and Takabe, H. and Zhang, Z. and Kerr, S. and Fedosejevs, R. and Sentoku, Y. and Hill, M. P. and Hoarty, D. J. and Hobbs, L. M. R. and James, S. F.},

  abstractNote = {Here, a set of experiments has been performed exploring unique characteristics of pair jets and plasmas at several energetic short-pulse laser facilities including Titan at Livermore and OMEGA EP in Rochester, as well as the Osaka LFEX and AWE Orion lasers. New results are summarized, including positron beam emittance, scaling of pair production vs. laser energy, and initial results on the pair jet collimation using electromagnetic fields.},

  doi          = {10.1088/1742-6596/688/1/012010},

  journal      = {Journal of Physics. Conference Series},

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  volume       = 688,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016},

  month        = {Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016}

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On the Origin of the Cosmic Radiation journal, April 1949

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Relativistic Positron Creation Using Ultraintense Short Pulse Lasers journal, March 2009

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