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20072026
most citedSearch for a new gauge boson in the Experiment (APEX)

320 citations · 1.3k across the 28 of their papers we have counts for

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30 papers

physics.plasm-ph2026

Continuous Laser-Driven α Source

Noam Popper, Griffin D. Glenn, Girik Jain +7

Laser-driven proton-boron fusion offers a path for generation of particles on a compact scale. Conventional solid-target experiments, however, are fundamentally limited by targ…

physics.plasm-ph2026

Spatio-Temporal Synchronization of Counter-Propagating Femtosecond Pulses

Tamir Cohen, Moshe Fraenkel, Ishay Pomerantz

Generating intense x-ray radiation via inverse-Compton scattering and exploring the strong-field regime of QED, require precise spatio-temporal synchronization of tightly focused c…

physics.ins-det2026

Simultaneous PW-scale laser driven MeV X-ray and neutron beam characterization for dual probing capability

I. Cohen, W. Yao, N. Mirkovic +28

Laser-driven, high-brilliance secondary sources (electrons, ions, neutrons, X-rays) open new perspectives for compact material probing and imaging of high-speed events. A key advan…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Robust direct laser acceleration of electrons with flying-focus laser pulses

Talia Meir, Kale Weichman, Alexey Arefiev +2

Direct laser acceleration (DLA) offers a compact source of high-charge, energetic electrons for generating secondary radiation or neutrons. While DLA in high-density plasma optimiz…

nucl-ex2025

Measuring short-range correlations and quasi-elastic cross sections in A(e,e') at x>1 and modest Q

Y. P. Zhang, Z. H. Ye, D. Nguyen +96

We present results from the Jefferson Lab E08-014 experiment, investigating short-range correlations (SRC) through measurements of inclusive quasi-elastic scattering from H, $^…

hep-ex2025

Input to the ESPPU: The LUXE Experiment

H. Abramowicz, M. Almanza Soto, M. Altarelli +130

This document presents an overview of LUXE (Laser Und XFEL Experiment), an experiment that will combine the high-quality and high-energy electron beam of the European XFEL with a h…

physics.plasm-ph2024

Characterization and performance of the Apollon main short-pulse laser beam following its commissioning at 2 PW level

Weipeng Yao, Ronan Lelièvre, Itamar Cohen +43

We present the results of the second commissioning phase of the short-focal-length area of the Apollon laser facility (located in Saclay, France), which was performed with the main…

physics.plasm-ph2024

Collimated -ray emission enabled by efficient direct laser acceleration

Kavin Tangtartharakul, Gaetan Fauvel, Talia Meir +5

We investigate the mechanisms responsible for single-lobed versus double-lobed angular distributions of emitted -rays in laser-irradiated plasmas, focusing on how direct laser a…

physics.plasm-ph2024

Ion acceleration from micrometric targets immersed in an intense laser field

Michal Elkind, Noam Popper, Itamar Cohen +4

We report on an experimental study of proton acceleration by intense laser irradiation of micrometric bar targets, whose dimensions are transversely immersed in the laser focal vol…

physics.acc-ph2023★ 1 cited

A Comprehensive Characterization of the Neutron Fields Produced by the Apollon Petawatt Laser

Ronan Lelièvre, Weipeng Yao, Tessa Waltenspiel +13

Since two decades, laser-driven neutron emissions are studied as they represent a complementary source to conventional neutron sources, with further more different characteristics…

hep-ex2023

Technical Design Report for the LUXE Experiment

H. Abramowicz, M. Almanza Soto, M. Altarelli +131

This Technical Design Report presents a detailed description of all aspects of the LUXE (Laser Und XFEL Experiment), an experiment that will combine the high-quality and high-energ…

physics.ins-det2022★ 33 cited

Laser Driven Nuclear physics at ELINP

F. Negoita, M. Roth, P. G. Thirolf +53

High power lasers have proven being capable to produce high energy gamma rays, charged particles and neutrons to induce all kinds of nuclear reactions. At ELI, the studies with hig…

physics.plasm-ph2021★ 1 cited

On a formal equivalence between electro-magnetic waves in cold plasma and shallow water inertio-gravity waves

Eyal Heifetz, Leo R. M. Maas, Julian Mak +1

The fundamental dispersion relation of transverse electro-magnetic waves in a cold collisionless plasma is formally equivalent to the two dimensional dispersion relation of inertio…

hep-ex2021★ 204 cited

Conceptual Design Report for the LUXE Experiment

Halina Abramowicz, Uwe Hernandez Acosta, Massimo Altarelli +88

This Conceptual Design Report describes LUXE (Laser Und XFEL Experiment), an experimental campaign that aims to combine the high-quality and high-energy electron beam of the Europe…

nucl-ex2020★ 23 cited

Novel observation of isospin structure of short-range correlations in calcium isotopes

D. Nguyen, Z. Ye, P. Aguilera +101

Short Range Correlations (SRCs) have been identified as being responsible for the high momentum tail of the nucleon momentum distribution, n(k). Hard, short-range interactions of n…

physics.ins-det2019★ 43 cited

Letter of Intent for the LUXE Experiment

H. Abramowicz, M. Altarelli, R. Aßmann +34

This Letter of Intent describes LUXE (Laser Und XFEL Experiment), an experiment that aims to use the high-quality and high-energy electron beam of the European XFEL and a powerful…

nucl-ex2019

Probing for high momentum protons in He via the reaction

S. Iqbal, F. Benmokhtar, M. Ivanov +107

Experimental cross sections for the reaction up to a missing momentum of 0.632 GeV/ at and =2(GeV/) are reported. The data are compared to…

nucl-ex2018★ 6 cited

Dispersive Corrections to the Born Approximation in Elastic Electron-Nucleus Scattering in the Intermediate Energy Regime

P. Gueye, A. A. Kabir J. Glister, B. W. Lee +89

Measurements of elastic electron scattering data within the past decade have highlighted two-photon exchange contributions as a necessary ingredient in theoretical calculations to…

nucl-ex2017★ 22 cited

Search for three-nucleon short-range correlations in light nuclei

Z. Ye, P. Solvignon, D. Nguyen +100

We present new data probing short-range correlations (SRCs) in nuclei through the measurement of electron scattering off high-momentum nucleons in nuclei. The inclusive 4He/3He cro…

physics.plasm-ph2015★ 30 cited

Non-Maxwellian electron distributions resulting from direct laser acceleration in near-critical plasmas

T. Toncian, C. Wang, E. McCary +17

The irradiation of few nm thick targets by a finite-contrast high-intensity short-pulse laser results in a strong pre-expansion of these targets at the arrival time of the main pul…

nucl-ex2015★ 20 cited

Electroexcitation of the at low momentum transfer

A. Blomberg, D. Anez, N. Sparveris +92

We report on new p measurements at the resonance at the low momentum transfer region. The mesonic cloud dynamics is predicted to be dominant an…

nucl-ex2014★ 134 cited

Probing the Repulsive Core of the Nucleon-Nucleon Interaction via the 4He(e,e'pN) Triple-Coincidence Reaction

I. Korover N. Muangma, O. Hen, R. Shneor +115

We studied simultaneously the 4He(e,e'p), 4He(e,e'pp), and 4He(e,e'pn) reactions at Q^2=2 [GeV/c]2 and x_B>1, for a (e,e'p) missing-momentum range of 400 to 830 MeV/c. The knocked-…

nucl-ex2013★ 5 cited

Hard Two-body Photodisintegration of 3He

I. Pomerantz, Y. Ilieva, R. Gilman +197

We have measured cross sections for the gamma+3He->p+d reaction at photon energies of 0.4 - 1.4 GeV and a center-of-mass angle of 90 deg. We observe dimensional scaling above 0.7 G…

physics.plasm-ph2013★ 82 cited

Enhanced Proton Acceleration by an Ultrashort Laser Interaction with Structured Dynamic Plasma Targets

A. Zigler, S. Eisenman, M. Botton +14

We experimentally demonstrate a notably enhanced acceleration of protons to high energy by relatively modest ultrashort laser pulses and structured dynamical plasma targets. Realiz…