Bremsstrahlung hard x-ray source driven by an electron beam from a self-modulated laser wakefield accelerator
Abstract
An x-ray source generated by an electron beam produced using a Self-Modulated Laser Wakefield Accelerator (SM-LWFA) is explored for use in high energy density science facilities. By colliding the electron beam, with a maximum energy of 380 MeV, total charge of >10 nC and a divergence of 64 x 100 mrad, from a SM-LWFA driven by a 1ps 120 J laser, into a high-Z foil, an x/gamma-ray source was generated. A broadband bremsstrahlung energy spectrum with temperatures ranging from 0.8 to 2 MeV was measured with an almost 2 orders of magnitude flux increase when compared with other schemes using LWFA. GEANT4 simulations were done to calculate the source size and divergence.
- Authors:
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- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Univ. of Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
- ELI-ALPS, Szeged (Hungary)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1542711
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-742935
Journal ID: ISSN 0741-3335; 897945
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 60; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0741-3335
- Publisher:
- IOP Science
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
Citation Formats
Lemos, N., Albert, F., Shaw, J. L., Papp, D., Polanek, R., King, P., Milder, A. L., Marsh, K. A., Pak, A., Pollock, B. B., Hegelich, B. M., Moody, J. D., Park, J., Tommasini, R., Williams, G. J., Chen, Hui, and Joshi, C. Bremsstrahlung hard x-ray source driven by an electron beam from a self-modulated laser wakefield accelerator. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1088/1361-6587/aab3b5.
Lemos, N., Albert, F., Shaw, J. L., Papp, D., Polanek, R., King, P., Milder, A. L., Marsh, K. A., Pak, A., Pollock, B. B., Hegelich, B. M., Moody, J. D., Park, J., Tommasini, R., Williams, G. J., Chen, Hui, & Joshi, C. Bremsstrahlung hard x-ray source driven by an electron beam from a self-modulated laser wakefield accelerator. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/aab3b5
Lemos, N., Albert, F., Shaw, J. L., Papp, D., Polanek, R., King, P., Milder, A. L., Marsh, K. A., Pak, A., Pollock, B. B., Hegelich, B. M., Moody, J. D., Park, J., Tommasini, R., Williams, G. J., Chen, Hui, and Joshi, C. Thu .
"Bremsstrahlung hard x-ray source driven by an electron beam from a self-modulated laser wakefield accelerator". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/aab3b5. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1542711.
@article{osti_1542711,
title = {Bremsstrahlung hard x-ray source driven by an electron beam from a self-modulated laser wakefield accelerator},
author = {Lemos, N. and Albert, F. and Shaw, J. L. and Papp, D. and Polanek, R. and King, P. and Milder, A. L. and Marsh, K. A. and Pak, A. and Pollock, B. B. and Hegelich, B. M. and Moody, J. D. and Park, J. and Tommasini, R. and Williams, G. J. and Chen, Hui and Joshi, C.},
abstractNote = {An x-ray source generated by an electron beam produced using a Self-Modulated Laser Wakefield Accelerator (SM-LWFA) is explored for use in high energy density science facilities. By colliding the electron beam, with a maximum energy of 380 MeV, total charge of >10 nC and a divergence of 64 x 100 mrad, from a SM-LWFA driven by a 1ps 120 J laser, into a high-Z foil, an x/gamma-ray source was generated. A broadband bremsstrahlung energy spectrum with temperatures ranging from 0.8 to 2 MeV was measured with an almost 2 orders of magnitude flux increase when compared with other schemes using LWFA. GEANT4 simulations were done to calculate the source size and divergence.},
doi = {10.1088/1361-6587/aab3b5},
journal = {Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion},
number = 5,
volume = 60,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 22 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu Mar 22 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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