Abstract
The properties of an electron beam trapped and accelerated in a laser wakefield have been investigated. Plastic scintillating fibers were employed together with position sensitive photomultiplier tubes (PMT) and a series of dipole electro-magnets to study the beam. The measured momentum spectrum peaks around 7 MeV/c with an exponential fall-off at high momenta up to (70.3 ± 19.9) MeV/c. The number of electrons detected per bunch is determined to be (2.6 ± 0.3) × 1011.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 265-276 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |
| Volume | 438 |
| Issue number | 2-3 |
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| State | Published - Dec 11 1999 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
We wish to thank Dr. Charles Sinclair for discussions and for technical assistance and guidance. This work is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.