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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…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
General features of experiments on the dynamics of laser-driven electron-positron beams
J. R. Warwick, A. Alejo, T. Dzelzainis +14
The experimental study of the dynamics of neutral electron-positron beams is an emerging area of research, enabled by the recent results on the generation of this exotic state of m…
Experimental evidence of radiation reaction in the collision of a high-intensity laser pulse with a laser-wakefield accelerated electron beam
J. M. Cole, K. T. Behm, T. G. Blackburn +21
The dynamics of energetic particles in strong electromagnetic fields can be heavily influenced by the energy loss arising from the emission of radiation during acceleration, known…
Measurement of Magnetic-Field Structures in a Laser-Wakefield Accelerator
M. C. Kaluza, H. -P. Schlenvoigt, S. P. D. Mangles +6
Experimental measurements of magnetic fields generated in the cavity of a self-injecting laser-wakefield accelerator are presented. Faraday rotation is used to determine the existe…
Observation of a Long-Wavelength Hosing Modulation of a High-Intensity Laser Pulse in Underdense Plasma
M. C. Kaluza, S. P. D. Mangles, A. G. R. Thomas +10
We report the first experimental observation of a long-wavelength hosing modulation of a high-intensity laser pulse. Side-view images of the scattered optical radiation at the fund…
Longitudinal Ion Acceleration from High-Intensity Laser Interactions with Underdense Plasma
L. Willingale, S. P. D. Mangles, P. M Nilson +11
Longitudinal ion acceleration from high-intensity (I ~ 10^20 Wcm^-2) laser interactions with helium gas jet targets (n_e ~ 0.04 n_c) have been observed. The ion beam has a maximum…
Dynamic Control of Laser Produced Proton Beams
S. Kar, K. Markey, P. T. Simpson +16
The emission characteristics of intense laser driven protons are controlled using ultra-strong (of the order of 10^9 V/m) electrostatic fields varying on a few ps timescale. The fi…
The Effect of Laser Focusing Conditions on Propagation and Monoenergetic Electron Production in Laser Wakefield Accelerators
A. G. R. Thomas, Z. Najmudin, S. P. D. Mangles +8
The effect of laser focusing conditions on the evolution of relativistic plasma waves in laser wakefield accelerators is studied both experimentally and with particle-in-cell simul…