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TY - JOUR
T1 - Measurement of Magnetic-Field Structures in a Laser-Wakefield Accelerator
AU - Kaluza, M. C.
AU - Schlenvoigt, H. -P.
AU - Mangles, S. P. D.
AU - Thomas, A. G. R.
AU - Dangor, A. E.
AU - Schwoerer, H.
AU - Mori, W. B.
AU - Najmudin, Z.
AU - Krushelnick, K. M.
PY - 2010/9/7
Y1 - 2010/9/7
N2 - Experimental measurements of magnetic fields generated in the cavity of a self-injecting laser-wakefield accelerator are presented. Faraday rotation is used to determine the existence of multimegagauss fields, constrained to a transverse dimension comparable to the plasma wavelength similar to lambda(p) and several lambda(p) longitudinally. The fields are generated rapidly and move with the driving laser. In our experiment, the appearance of the magnetic fields is correlated with the production of relativistic electrons, indicating that they are inherently tied to the growth and wave breaking of the nonlinear plasma wave. This evolution is confirmed by numerical simulations, showing that these measurements provide insight into the wakefield evolution with high spatial and temporal resolution.
AB - Experimental measurements of magnetic fields generated in the cavity of a self-injecting laser-wakefield accelerator are presented. Faraday rotation is used to determine the existence of multimegagauss fields, constrained to a transverse dimension comparable to the plasma wavelength similar to lambda(p) and several lambda(p) longitudinally. The fields are generated rapidly and move with the driving laser. In our experiment, the appearance of the magnetic fields is correlated with the production of relativistic electrons, indicating that they are inherently tied to the growth and wave breaking of the nonlinear plasma wave. This evolution is confirmed by numerical simulations, showing that these measurements provide insight into the wakefield evolution with high spatial and temporal resolution.
KW - ELECTRON-BEAMS
KW - PLASMA INTERACTIONS
KW - PULSE
KW - REGIME
KW - WAKE
KW - CHANNEL
KW - DRIVEN
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.115002
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.115002
M3 - Journal article
VL - 105
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
SN - 0031-9007
IS - 11
M1 - 115002
ER -