Emittance Measurements of a Laser-Wakefield-Accelerated Electron Beam Export

@article{citeulike:4788764, abstract = {The transverse emittance of a relativistic electron beam generated by the interaction of a high-intensity laser with an underdense plasma has been measured with the ” pepper-pot” method. For parameters pertaining to the forced laser wakefield regime; we have measured an emittance as low as (2.7±0.9) π    mm mrad for (55±2)    MeV electrons. These measurements are consistent with 3D particle-in-cell simulations of the experiment; which additionally show the existence of a relatively large halo around the beam core.}, author = {Fritzler, S. and Lefebvre, E. and Malka, V. and Burgy, F. and Dangor, A. E. and Krushelnick, K. and Mangles, S. P. D. and Najmudin, Z. and Rousseau, J. P. and Walton, B.}, citeulike-article-id = {4788764}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.165006}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v92/i16/e165006}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://link.aps.org/pdf/PRL/v92/i16/e165006}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.165006}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, keywords = {diagnostics, emittance, experiment, ic, lwfa, paris, pepper\_pot}, month = {Apr}, number = {16}, pages = {165006+}, posted-at = {2009-11-05 15:02:40}, priority = {2}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, title = {Emittance Measurements of a Laser-Wakefield-Accelerated Electron Beam}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.165006}, volume = {92}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4788764 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4788764 N2 - The transverse emittance of a relativistic electron beam generated by the interaction of a high-intensity laser with an underdense plasma has been measured with the “pepper-pot” method. For parameters pertaining to the forced laser wakefield regime; we have measured an emittance as low as (2.7±0.9) π    mm mrad for (55±2)    MeV electrons. These measurements are consistent with 3D particle-in-cell simulations of the experiment; which additionally show the existence of a relatively large halo around the beam core. IS - 16 JF - Physical Review Letters TI - Emittance Measurements of a Laser-Wakefield-Accelerated Electron Beam PB - American Physical Society VL - 92 SP - 165006 KW - diagnostics KW - emittance KW - experiment KW - ic KW - lwfa KW - paris KW - pepper_pot AU - Fritzler, S AU - Lefebvre, E AU - Malka, V AU - Burgy, F AU - Dangor, AE AU - Krushelnick, K AU - Mangles, SPD AU - Najmudin, Z AU - Rousseau, JP AU - Walton, B PY - 2004/Apr// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.165006 ER -