Dense electron-positron plasmas and gamma-ray bursts generation by counter-propagating quantum electrodynamics-strong laser interaction with solid targets

W Luo, YB Zhu, HB Zhuo, YY Ma, YM Song… - Physics of …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We use quantum electrodynamics (QED) particle-in-cell simulations to investigate and
compare the generation of dense electron-positron plasmas and intense γ-ray bursts in the …

Generation of bright attosecond x-ray pulse trains via Thomson scattering from laser-plasma accelerators

W Luo, TP Yu, M Chen, YM Song, ZC Zhu, YY Ma… - Optics express, 2014 - opg.optica.org
Generation of attosecond x-ray pulse attracts more and more attention within the advanced
light source user community due to its potentially wide applications. Here we propose an all …

Decreasing the bandwidth of linear and nonlinear Thomson scattering radiation for electron bunches with a finite energy spread

M Ruijter, V Petrillo, M Zepf - Physical Review Accelerators and Beams, 2021 - APS
Relative narrow bandwidth-high energy radiation can be produced through Thomson
scattering, where highly relativistic electrons collide with a laser pulse. The bandwidth of …

Stable laser–plasma accelerators at low densities

S Li, NAM Hafz, M Mirzaie, X Ge, T Sokollik… - Journal of Applied …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We report stable laser wakefield acceleration using 17–50 TW laser pulses interacting with 4
mm-long helium gas jet. The initial laser spot size was relatively large (28 μm) and the …

Coherent kilo-electron-volt backscattering from plasma-wave boosted relativistic electron mirrors

FY Li, ZM Sheng, M Chen, HC Wu, Y Liu… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
A different parameter regime of laser wakefield acceleration driven by sub-petawatt
femtosecond lasers is proposed, which enables the generation of relativistic electron mirrors …

Proposal for a high brightness γ-ray source at the SXFEL

H Wu, J Chen, B Liu, D Wang, Z Zhao - Nuclear Science and …, 2015 - inis.iaea.org
[en] High brightness γ-rays produced by laser Compton scattering (LCS) are ideal probes for
the study of nucleon and nuclear structure. We propose such a γ-ray source using the …

Background reduction for XFI with human-sized phantoms

F Blumendorf - 2019 - ediss.sub.uni-hamburg.de
X-ray Fluorescence Imaging (XFI) is a functional medical imaging modality that can be used
for, eg, cancer diagnostics or pharmacokinetic tracking studies. This is achieved by the …

Radiation effects for the next generation of synchrotron radiation facilities

M Ruijter - 2022 - iris.uniroma1.it
High energy radiation is an important tool for many fields of research as it allows for the
measurement of smaller structures and atomic interactions. The current best method of …

[PDF][PDF] INCREASING THE FLUX OF A THOMSON SOURCE WHILE MAINTAINING A NARROW BANDWIDTH BY USING LARGE ENERGY SPREAD PRIMARY …

M Ruijter, A Bacci, I Drebot, M Opromolla, V Petrillo… - inspirehep.net
Thomson/Compton scattering is a method to produce high energy photons through the
collision of low energy photons in a laser pulse onto relativistic electrons. In the linear …

Studies on convergence and scaling law of Thomson backscattering spectra in strong fields

HZ Xie, C Jiang, BS Xie - Chinese Physics B, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
With the saddle point analysis method for the Bessel function structure and property, the
convergence problem and the scaling laws of Thomson backscattering spectra are solved …