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most citedGeneration of High Brightness Electron Beams via Ionization Induced Injection by Transverse Colliding Lasers in a Beam-Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator

96 citations · 613 across the 22 of their papers we have counts for

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22 papers

physics.acc-ph2022★ 20 cited

European Strategy for Particle Physics -- Accelerator R&D Roadmap

C. Adolphsen, D. Angal-Kalinin, T. Arndt +133

The 2020 update of the European Strategy for Particle Physics emphasised the importance of an intensified and well-coordinated programme of accelerator R&D, supporting the design a…

physics.ins-det2021★ 9 cited

Performance of a cryo-cooled crystal monochromator illuminated by hard X-rays with MHz repetition rate at the European X-ray Free-Electron Laser

I. Petrov, U. Boesenberg, V. A. Bushuev +11

We present experimental data illustrating how heat load affects the performance of a cryogenically cooled monochromator under intense X-ray Free-Electron Laser pulses. The measurem…

physics.plasm-ph2020★ 20 cited

Using Diffuse Scattering to Observe X-Ray-Driven Nonthermal Melting

N. J. Hartley, J. Grenzer, L. Huang +20

We present results from the SPring-8 Angstrom Compact free electron LAser (SACLA) XFEL facility, using a high intensity (W/cm) X-ray pump X-ray probe scheme to…

physics.acc-ph2018★ 3 cited

Temporal diagnostics of femtosecond electron bunches with complex structures using sparsity-based algorithm

Q. Q. Su, J. F. Hua, Z. Nie +5

Femtosecond electron bunches with complex temporal structures play a crucial role in THz generation, free-electron lasers and plasma wakefield accelerators. The ultrashort electron…

physics.acc-ph2017

Ion acceleration with an ultra-intense two-frequency laser tweezer

Y. Wan, I. A. Andriyash, C. -H. Pai +9

Ultra-intense lasers produce and manipulate plasmas, allowing to locally generate extremely high static and electromagnetic fields. This Letter presents a concept of an ultra-inten…

physics.plasm-ph2016★ 38 cited

Capturing relativistic wake eld structures in plasmas using ultrashort high-energy electrons as a probe

C. J. Zhang, J. F. Hua, X. L. Xu +8

A new method capable of capturing coherent electric field structures propagating at nearly the speed of light in plasma with a time resolution as small as a few femtoseconds is pro…

physics.plasm-ph2016

Femtosecond probing of light-speed plasma wakefields by using a relativistic electron bunch

C. J. Zhang, J. F. Hua, Y. Wan +11

Relativistic wakes produced by intense laser or particle beams propagating through plasmas are being considered as accelerators for next generation of colliders and coherent light…

physics.acc-ph2016★ 74 cited

High quality electron bunch generation using a longitudinal density-tailored plasma-based accelerator in the three-dimensional blowout regime

X. L. Xu, F. Li, W. An +4

The generation of very high quality electron bunches (high brightness and low energy spread) from a plasma-based accelerator in the three-dimensional blowout regime using self-inje…

physics.acc-ph2016★ 40 cited

Physical mechanism of the transverse instability in radiation pressure ion acceleration

Y. Wan, C. -H. Pai, C. J. Zhang +8

The transverse stability of the target is crucial for obtaining high quality ion beams using the laser radiation pressure acceleration (RPA) mechanism. In this letter, a theoretica…

physics.plasm-ph2016★ 21 cited

Temporal characterization of ultrashort linearly chirped electron bunches generated from a laser wakefield accelerator

C. J. Zhang, J. F. Hua, Y. Wan +10

A new method for diagnosing the temporal characteristics of ultrashort electron bunches with linear energy chirp generated from a laser wakefield accelerator is described. When the…

physics.plasm-ph2015★ 77 cited

Path to AWAKE: Evolution of the concept

A. Caldwell, E. Adli, L. Amorim +118

This report describes the conceptual steps in reaching the design of the AWAKE experiment currently under construction at CERN. We start with an introduction to plasma wakefield ac…

physics.plasm-ph2015★ 31 cited

Nano-scale electron bunching in laser-triggered ionization injection in plasma accelerators

X. L. Xu, C. J. Zhang, F. Li +9

Ionization injection is attractive as a controllable injection scheme for generating high quality electron beams using plasma-based wakefield acceleration. Due to the phase depende…

physics.acc-ph2015★ 7 cited

Colliding ionization injection in a beam driven plasma accelerator

Y. Wan, C. J. Zhang, F. Li +7

The proposal of generating high quality electron bunches via ionization injection triggered by an counter propagating laser pulse inside a beam driven plasma wake is examined via t…

physics.acc-ph2015★ 9 cited

Generation of Low Absolute Energy Spread Electron Beams in Laser Wakefield Acceleration Using Tightly Focused Laser through Near-Ionization-Threshold Injection

F. Li, C. J. Zhang, Y. Wan +6

An enhanced ionization injection scheme using a tightly focused laser pulse with intensity near the ionization potential to trigger the injection process in a mismatched pre-plasma…

physics.ins-det2015★ 26 cited

The COHERENT Experiment at the Spallation Neutron Source

COHERENT Collaboration, D. Akimov, P. An +64

The COHERENT collaboration's primary objective is to measure coherent elastic neutrino-nucleus scattering (CEvNS) using the unique, high-quality source of tens-of-MeV neutrinos pro…

nucl-ex2015★ 4 cited

Measurement of the equilibrium charge state distributions of Ni, Co, and Cu beams in Mo at 2 MeV/u: review and evaluation of the relevant semi-empirical models

P. Gastis, G. Perdikakis, D. Robertson +7

Equilibrium charge state distributions of stable 60Ni, 59Co, and 63Cu beams passing through a 1um thick Mo foil were measured at beam energies of 1.84 MeV/u, 2.09 MeV/u, and 2.11 M…

physics.acc-ph2013★ 2 cited

Snowmass 2013 Computing Frontier: Accelerator Science

P. Spentzouris, E. Cormier-Michel, C. Joshi +24

This is the working summary of the Accelerator Science working group of the Computing Frontier of the Snowmass meeting 2013. It summarizes the computing requirements to support acc…

hep-ex2013★ 11 cited

Coherent Scattering Investigations at the Spallation Neutron Source: a Snowmass White Paper

D. Akimov, A. Bernstein, P. Barbeau +54

The Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, provides an intense flux of neutrinos in the few tens-of-MeV range, with a sharply-pulsed timing st…

physics.acc-ph2013★ 66 cited

Phase Space Dynamics of Ionization Injection in Plasma Based Accelerators

X. L. Xu, J. F. Hua, F. Li +11

The evolution of beam phase space in ionization-induced injection into plasma wakefields is studied using theory and particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. The injection process cause…

physics.acc-ph2013★ 96 cited

Generation of High Brightness Electron Beams via Ionization Induced Injection by Transverse Colliding Lasers in a Beam-Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerator

F. Li, J. F. Hua, X. L. Xu +10

The production of ultra-bright electron bunches using ionization injection triggered by two transversely colliding laser pulses inside a beam-driven plasma wake is examined via thr…

nucl-ex2010

Investigation of excited states in Ne via resonant elastic scattering of F+p and its astrophysical implication in the stellar reaction of O(,)F

J. Hu, J. J. He, S. W. Xu +35

Properties of proton resonances in Ne have been investigated efficiently by utilizing a technique of proton resonant elastic scattering with a F radioactive ion (RI)…

nucl-ex2010★ 59 cited

CTOF measurements and Monte Carlo analyses of neutron spectra for the backward direction from a lead target irradiated with 200 to 1000 MeV proton

I. L. Azhgirey, V. I. Belyakov-Bodin, I. I. Degtyarev +4

A calorimetric-time-of-flight (CTOF) technique was used for real-time, high-precision measurement of neutron spectrum at an angle of 175 degrees from the initial proton beam direct…