5 papers
Measurement of a Stochastic Gravitational Wave Background with a Single Laser Interferometer
Adrian C. Melissinos, William E. Butler
Laser interferometer gravitational wave detectors can be operated at their free spectral range frequency. We show that in this case and when the interferometer is well understood o…
The Energetics of Particle Acceleration Using High Intensity Lasers
Adrian C. Melissinos
We point out that even the most intense laser beams available today can provide only a very small fraction of the beam energy required to reach the design luminosity for a future e…
A "Running" Gravitational Constant?
A. C. Melissinos
If the gravitational interaction is unified with the electroweak and strong interactions at a mass M=10^15 GeV, the evolution of Newton's constant must differ from its classical (g…
Electro-Optic Sampling of Transient Fields from the passage of High-Charge Electron Bunches
M. J. Fitch, A. C. Melissinos, P. L. Colestock +3
When a relativistic electron bunch traverses a structure, strong electric fields are induced in its wake. We present measurements of the electric field as a function of time as mea…
Compression of High-Charge Electron Bunches
M. J. Fitch, A. C. Melissinos, N. Barov +3
The A0 Photoinjector at Fermilab can produce high charge (10-14 nC) electron bunches of low emittance (20 pi mm-mrad for 12 nC). We have undertaken a study of the optimal compressi…