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Characterization of transverse beam emittance of electrons from a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator in the bubble regime using betatron x-ray radiation

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Characterization of transverse beam emittance of electrons from a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator in the bubble regime using betatron x-ray radiation. / Kneip, S.; McGuffey, C.; Martins, J. L. et al.
In: Physical Review Special Topics: Accelerators and Beams, Vol. 15, No. 2, 021302, 02.02.2012.

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Kneip, S, McGuffey, C, Martins, JL, Bloom, MS, Chvykov, V, Dollar, F, Fonseca, R, Jolly, S, Kalintchenko, G, Krushelnick, K, Maksimchuk, A, Mangles, SPD, Najmudin, Z, Palmer, CAJ, Phuoc, KT, Schumaker, W, Silva, LO, Vieira, J, Yanovsky, V & Thomas, AGR 2012, 'Characterization of transverse beam emittance of electrons from a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator in the bubble regime using betatron x-ray radiation', Physical Review Special Topics: Accelerators and Beams, vol. 15, no. 2, 021302. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.15.021302

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Kneip, S., McGuffey, C., Martins, J. L., Bloom, M. S., Chvykov, V., Dollar, F., Fonseca, R., Jolly, S., Kalintchenko, G., Krushelnick, K., Maksimchuk, A., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., Palmer, C. A. J., Phuoc, K. T., Schumaker, W., Silva, L. O., Vieira, J., Yanovsky, V., & Thomas, A. G. R. (2012). Characterization of transverse beam emittance of electrons from a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator in the bubble regime using betatron x-ray radiation. Physical Review Special Topics: Accelerators and Beams, 15(2), Article 021302. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.15.021302

Vancouver

Kneip S, McGuffey C, Martins JL, Bloom MS, Chvykov V, Dollar F et al. Characterization of transverse beam emittance of electrons from a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator in the bubble regime using betatron x-ray radiation. Physical Review Special Topics: Accelerators and Beams. 2012 Feb 2;15(2):021302. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.15.021302

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Kneip, S. ; McGuffey, C. ; Martins, J. L. et al. / Characterization of transverse beam emittance of electrons from a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator in the bubble regime using betatron x-ray radiation. In: Physical Review Special Topics: Accelerators and Beams. 2012 ; Vol. 15, No. 2.

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title = "Characterization of transverse beam emittance of electrons from a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator in the bubble regime using betatron x-ray radiation",
abstract = "We propose and use a technique to measure the transverse emittance of a laser-wakefield accelerated beam of relativistic electrons. The technique is based on the simultaneous measurements of the electron beam divergence given by v(perpendicular to)/v(parallel to), the measured spectrum gamma, and the transverse electron bunch size in the bubble r(perpendicular to). The latter is obtained via the measurement of the source size of the x rays emitted by the accelerating electron bunch in the bubble. We measure a normalized rms beam transverse emittance <0.5 pi mm mrad as an upper limit for a spatially Gaussian, spectrally quasimonoenergetic electron beam with 230 MeV energy in agreement with numerical modeling and analytic theory in the bubble regime.",
author = "S. Kneip and C. McGuffey and Martins, {J. L.} and Bloom, {M. S.} and V. Chvykov and F. Dollar and R. Fonseca and S. Jolly and G. Kalintchenko and K. Krushelnick and A. Maksimchuk and Mangles, {S. P. D.} and Z. Najmudin and Palmer, {C. A. J.} and Phuoc, {K. Ta} and W. Schumaker and Silva, {L. O.} and J. Vieira and V. Yanovsky and Thomas, {A. G. R.}",
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T1 - Characterization of transverse beam emittance of electrons from a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator in the bubble regime using betatron x-ray radiation

AU - Kneip, S.

AU - McGuffey, C.

AU - Martins, J. L.

AU - Bloom, M. S.

AU - Chvykov, V.

AU - Dollar, F.

AU - Fonseca, R.

AU - Jolly, S.

AU - Kalintchenko, G.

AU - Krushelnick, K.

AU - Maksimchuk, A.

AU - Mangles, S. P. D.

AU - Najmudin, Z.

AU - Palmer, C. A. J.

AU - Phuoc, K. Ta

AU - Schumaker, W.

AU - Silva, L. O.

AU - Vieira, J.

AU - Yanovsky, V.

AU - Thomas, A. G. R.

PY - 2012/2/2

Y1 - 2012/2/2

N2 - We propose and use a technique to measure the transverse emittance of a laser-wakefield accelerated beam of relativistic electrons. The technique is based on the simultaneous measurements of the electron beam divergence given by v(perpendicular to)/v(parallel to), the measured spectrum gamma, and the transverse electron bunch size in the bubble r(perpendicular to). The latter is obtained via the measurement of the source size of the x rays emitted by the accelerating electron bunch in the bubble. We measure a normalized rms beam transverse emittance <0.5 pi mm mrad as an upper limit for a spatially Gaussian, spectrally quasimonoenergetic electron beam with 230 MeV energy in agreement with numerical modeling and analytic theory in the bubble regime.

AB - We propose and use a technique to measure the transverse emittance of a laser-wakefield accelerated beam of relativistic electrons. The technique is based on the simultaneous measurements of the electron beam divergence given by v(perpendicular to)/v(parallel to), the measured spectrum gamma, and the transverse electron bunch size in the bubble r(perpendicular to). The latter is obtained via the measurement of the source size of the x rays emitted by the accelerating electron bunch in the bubble. We measure a normalized rms beam transverse emittance <0.5 pi mm mrad as an upper limit for a spatially Gaussian, spectrally quasimonoenergetic electron beam with 230 MeV energy in agreement with numerical modeling and analytic theory in the bubble regime.

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DO - 10.1103/PhysRevSTAB.15.021302

M3 - Journal article

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JO - Physical Review Special Topics: Accelerators and Beams

JF - Physical Review Special Topics: Accelerators and Beams

SN - 1098-4402

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