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20072025
most citedExperimental evidence of radiation reaction in the collision of a high-intensity laser pulse with a laser-wakefield accelerated electron beam

395 citations · 818 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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13 papers

physics.plasm-ph2025

Transversely pumped laser driven particle accelerator

Tanner Nutting, Nicholas Ernst, Alexander G. R. Thomas +1

We present a new acceleration scheme capable of accelerating electrons and ions in an underdense plasma. Transversely Pumped Acceleration (TPA) uses multiple arrays of counter-prop…

physics.plasm-ph2024

Orbital angular momentum enhanced laser absorption and neutron generation

Nicholas Peskosky, Nicholas Ernst, Miloš Burger +5

We experimentally demonstrate enhanced absorption of near relativistic optical vortex beams in plasmas to generate a record fast-neutron yield of …

physics.plasm-ph2022★ 85 cited

2022 Review of Data-Driven Plasma Science

Rushil Anirudh, Rick Archibald, M. Salman Asif +60

Data science and technology offer transformative tools and methods to science. This review article highlights latest development and progress in the interdisciplinary field of data…

physics.atom-ph2021★ 7 cited

Ionization states for the multi-petawatt laser-QED regime

I. Ouatu, B. T. Spiers, R. Aboushelbaya +7

A paradigm shift in the physics of laser-plasma interactions is approaching with the commissioning of multi-petawatt laser facilities world-wide. Radiation reaction processes will…

physics.plasm-ph2021★ 26 cited

Measuring magnetic flux suppression in high-power laser-plasma interactions

P. T. Campbell, C. A. Walsh, B. K. Russell +9

Biermann battery magnetic field generation driven by high power laser-solid interactions is explored in experiments performed with the OMEGA EP laser system. Proton deflectometry c…

physics.plasm-ph2020★ 4 cited

Nonlinear wakefields and electron injection in cluster plasma

Marko Mayr, Ben Spiers, Ramy Aboushelbaya +6

Laser and beam driven wakefields promise orders of magnitude increases in electric field gradients for particle accelerators for future applications. Key areas to explore include t…