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Tunable high-charge relativistic electron beams via direct laser acceleration in hohlraum-preheated foam targets
Ziyao Wang, Jieru Ren, Zhigang Deng +28
Direct laser acceleration (DLA) in near-critical-density (NCD) plasmas can efficiently generate high-charge relativistic electron beams, yet beam parameters depend critically on pr…
Observation of stopping power reduction at strong ion-plasma coupling
Yun Liu, Jieru Ren, Zhigang Deng +30
Ion stopping in dense plasma is crucial for stellar evolution and fusion ignition. However, its behavior in the strong ion-plasma coupling regime beyond the linear limit has long r…
Charge equilibration of Laser-accelerated Carbon Ions in Foam Target
Bubo Ma, Jieru Ren, Lirong Liu +39
The charge equilibration of laser-accelerated carbon ion beams in 2 mg/cm3 foam target was investigated experimentally. The ions were generated through target normal sheath acceler…
Proton-Boron Fusion Yield Increased by Orders of Magnitude with Foam Targets
Wen-Qing Wei, Shi-Zheng Zhang, Zhi-Gang Deng +35
A novel intense beam-driven scheme for high yield of the tri-alpha reaction 11B(p,α)2α was investigated. We used a foam target made of cellulose triacetate (TAC, C_9H_{16}O_8) dope…
Simulations of spin/polarization-resolved laser-plasma interactions in the nonlinear QED regime
Feng Wan, Chong Lv, Kun Xue +7
Strong-field quantum electrodynamics (SF-QED) plays a crucial role in ultraintense laser matter interactions, and demands sophisticated techniques to understand the related physics…
Manipulation of ray polarization in Compton scattering
Yu Wang, Mamutjan Ababekri, Feng Wan +8
High-brilliance high-polarization rays based on Compton scattering are of great significance in broad areas, such as nuclear, high-energy, astro-physics, etc. However, the tran…
Generation of High-Density High-Polarization Positrons via Single-Shot Strong Laser-Foil Interaction
Kun Xue, Ting Sun, Ke-Jia Wei +7
We put forward a novel method for producing ultrarelativistic high-density high-polarization positrons through a single-shot interaction of a strong laser with a tilted solid foil.…
Energy loss enhancement of very intense proton beams in dense matter due to the beam-density effect
Benzheng Chen, Jieru Ren, Zhigang Deng +27
Thoroughly understanding the transport and energy loss of intense ion beams in dense matter is essential for high-energy-density physics and inertial confinement fusion. Here, we r…
Transport of intense ion beams in plasmas: collimation and energy-loss reduction
Yongtao Zhao, Benzheng Chen, Dong Wu +15
We compare the transport properties of a well-characterized hydrogen plasma for low and high current ion beams. The energy-loss of low current beams can be well understood, within…
JefiPIC: A 3-D Full Electromagnetic Particle-in-Cell Simulator Based on Jefimenko's Equations on GPU
Jiannan Chen, Jun-Jie Zhang, Xueming Li +2
This paper presents a novel 3-D full electromagnetic particle-in-cell (PIC) code called JefiPIC, which uses Jefimenko's equations as the electromagnetic (EM) field solver through a…
Target density effects on charge tansfer of laser-accelerated carbon ions in dense plasma
Jieru Ren, Bubo Ma, Lirong Liu +39
We report on charge state measurements of laser-accelerated carbon ions in the energy range of several MeV penetrating a dense partially ionized plasma. The plasma was generated by…
Enhanced signature of vacuum birefringence in a plasma wakefield
Feng Wan, Ting Sun, Bai-Fei Shen +7
Vacuum birefringence (VB) is a basic phenomenon predicted in quantum electrodynamics (QED). However, due to the smallness of the signal, conventional magnet-based and extremely int…
All-optical ultrafast spin rotation for relativistic charged particle beams
Wen-Qing Wei, Feng Wan, Yousef I. Salamin +5
An all-optical method of ultrafast spin rotation is put forward to precisely manipulate the polarization of relativistic charged particle beams of leptons or ions. In particular, l…
Signatures of linear Breit-Wheeler pair production in polarized collisions
Qian Zhao, Liang Tang, Feng Wan +9
Laser-driven brilliant controllable polarized -photon sources open the way for designing compact collider, which enable the large yield of linear Breit-Wheeler (LBW) pairs…
Brilliant circularly polarized -ray sources via single-shot laser plasma interaction
Yu Wang, Mamutjan Ababekri, Feng Wan +6
Circularly polarized (CP) -ray sources are versatile for broad applications in nuclear physics, high-energy physics and astrophysics. The laser-plasma based particle accelerator…
Generation of quasi-monoenergetic proton beams via quantum radiative compression
Feng Wan, Wei-Quan Wang, Qian Zhao +9
Dense high-energy monoenergetic proton beams are vital for wide applications, thus modern laser-plasma-based ion acceleration methods are aiming to obtain high-energy proton beams…
Generation of highly-polarized high-energy brilliant -rays via laser-plasma interaction
Kun Xue, Zhen-Ke Dou, Feng Wan +7
Generation of highly-polarized high-energy brilliant -rays via laser-plasma interaction has been investigated in the quantum radiation-reaction regime. We employ a quantum-elect…
Anomalous stopping of laser-accelerated intense proton beam in dense ionized matter
Jieru Ren, Zhigang Deng, Wei Qi +26
Ultrahigh-intensity lasers (10-10W/cm) have opened up new perspectives in many fields of research and application [1-5]. By irradiating a thin foil, an ultrahig…
Visualizing the melting processes in ultrashort intense laser triggered gold mesh with high energy electron radiography
Zheng Zhou, Yu Fang, Han Chen +7
High energy electron radiography (HEER) is a promising tool for high energy density physics diagnostics, apart from other tools like X/γ ray shadowgraphy and high energy proton rad…
Imprint of the stochastic nature of photon emission by electrons on the proton energy spectra in the laser-plasma interaction
Feng Wan, Kun Xue, Zhen-Ke Dou +8
The impact of stochasticity effects (SEs) in photon emissions on the proton energy spectra during laser-plasma interaction is theoretically investigated in the quantum radiation-do…
Electron-Angular-Distribution Reshaping in Quantum Radiation-Dominated Regime
Yan-Fei Li, Yong-Tao Zhao, Karen Z. Hatsagortsyan +2
Dynamics of an electron beam head-on colliding with an ultraintense focused ultrashort circularly-polarized laser pulse are investigated in the quantum radiation-dominated regime.…
Determining Carrier-Envelope Phase of Relativistic Laser Pulses via Electron Momentum Distribution
Yan-Fei Li, Jian-Xing Li, Karen Z. Hatsagortsyan +7
The impacts of the carrier-envelope phase (CEP) of a long relativistic tightly-focused laser pulse on the dynamics of a counter-propagating electron beam have been investigated in…
Effects of beam velocity and density on an ion-beam pulse moving in magnetized plasmas
Xiao-ying Zhao, Hong-Peng Xu, Yong-tao Zhao +2
The wakefield and stopping power of an ion-beam pulse moving in magnetized plasmas are investigated by particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. The effects of beam velocity and density…
Beam optical design for high energy electron radiography experiment study based on THU LINAC
Quantang Zhao, Shuchun Cao, Ming Liu +10
A special beam line for high energy electron radiography is designed, including achromat and imaging systems. The requirement of the angle and position correction on the target fro…