Gamma-ray production from resonant betatron oscillations of accelerated electrons in a plasma wake

Silvia Cipiccia; Mohammad Islam; Bernhard Ersfeld; Gregor Welsh; Enrico Brunetti; Gregory Vieux; Xue Yang; Samuel Wiggins; Peter Anderson Grant; David Reboredo Gil; David William Grant; Richard Shanks; Riju Issac; Maria Pia Anania; Dzmitry Maneuski; Rachel Montgomery; Gary Smith; Matthias Hoek; David J. Hamilton; Dan Symes; Pattathil P. Rajeev; V. O'Shea; João M. Dias; Nuno R. C. Lemos; Dino Jaroszynski

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Gamma-ray production from resonant betatron oscillations of accelerated electrons in a plasma wake

Silvia Cipiccia, Mohammad Islam, Bernhard Ersfeld, Gregor Welsh, Enrico Brunetti, Gregory Vieux, Xue Yang, Samuel Wiggins, Peter Anderson Grant, David Reboredo Gil, David William Grant, Richard Shanks, Riju Issac, Maria Pia Anania, Dzmitry Maneuski, Rachel Montgomery, Gary Smith, Matthias Hoek, David J. Hamilton, Dan SymesPattathil P. Rajeev, V. O'Shea, João M. Dias, Nuno R. C. Lemos, Dino Jaroszynski

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The laser-plasma wakefield accelerator is a novel ultra-compact particle accelerator. A very intense laser pulse focused onto plasma can excites plasma density waves. Electrons surfing these waves can be accelerated to very high energies with unprecedented accelerating gradients in excess of 1 GV/cm. While accelerating, electrons undergo transverse betatron oscillations and emit synchrotron-like x-ray radiation into a narrow on-axis cone, which is enhanced when electrons interact with the electromagnetic field of the laser. In this case, the laser can resonantly drive the electron motion, lading to direct laser acceleration. This occurs when the betatron frequency matches the Doppler down-shifted frequency of the laser. As a consequence, the number of photons emitted is strongly enhanced and the critical photon energy is increases to 100’s of keV

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE
Subtitle of host publication	Advances in X-ray Free-Electron Lasers Instrumentation III
Editors	Sandra G. Biedron
Number of pages	9
Volume	9512
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2181566
Publication status	Published - 13 Apr 2015
Event	Advances in X-ray Free-Electron Lasers Instrumentation III - Clarion Congress Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic Duration: 13 Apr 2015 → 16 Apr 2015

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Conference	Advances in X-ray Free-Electron Lasers Instrumentation III
Country/Territory	Czech Republic
City	Prague
Period	13/04/15 → 16/04/15

Keywords

electrons
particle accelerators
doppler effect
photons
lasers
plasmas
gamma radiation
radiation
synchrotrons
X-rays

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Cipiccia, S., Islam, M., Ersfeld, B., Welsh, G., Brunetti, E., Vieux, G., Yang, X., Wiggins, S., Grant, P. A., Reboredo Gil, D., Grant, D. W., Shanks, R., Issac, R., Anania, M. P., Maneuski, D., Montgomery, R., Smith, G., Hoek, M., Hamilton, D. J., ... Jaroszynski, D. (2015). Gamma-ray production from resonant betatron oscillations of accelerated electrons in a plasma wake. In S. G. Biedron (Ed.), Proceedings of SPIE: Advances in X-ray Free-Electron Lasers Instrumentation III (Vol. 9512). Article 95121A https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2181566

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Gamma-ray production from resonant betatron oscillations of accelerated electrons in a plasma wake. / Cipiccia, Silvia; Islam, Mohammad; Ersfeld, Bernhard et al.
Proceedings of SPIE: Advances in X-ray Free-Electron Lasers Instrumentation III. ed. / Sandra G. Biedron. Vol. 9512 2015. 95121A.

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