Ultra-high brilliance multi-MeV $\gamma$-ray beam from non-linear Thomson scattering

G. Sarri, D. J. Corvan, W. Schumaker +13

We report on the generation of a narrow divergence ($\theta \approx 2.5$ mrad), multi-MeV ($E_{\text{MAX}}=18$ MeV) and ultra-high brilliance ($\approx 2\times 10^{19}$ photons s${}^{-1}$ m…