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Stern-Gerlach surfing in laser wakefield accelerators. / Flood, Stephen; Burton, David.
In: Physics Letters A, Vol. 379, No. 36, 25.09.2015, p. 1966-1974.

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Flood, S & Burton, D 2015, 'Stern-Gerlach surfing in laser wakefield accelerators', Physics Letters A, vol. 379, no. 36, pp. 1966-1974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2015.06.044

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Flood, S., & Burton, D. (2015). Stern-Gerlach surfing in laser wakefield accelerators. Physics Letters A, 379(36), 1966-1974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2015.06.044

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Flood S, Burton D. Stern-Gerlach surfing in laser wakefield accelerators. Physics Letters A. 2015 Sept 25;379(36):1966-1974. Epub 2015 Jun 26. doi: 10.1016/j.physleta.2015.06.044

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Flood, Stephen ; Burton, David. / Stern-Gerlach surfing in laser wakefield accelerators. In: Physics Letters A. 2015 ; Vol. 379, No. 36. pp. 1966-1974.

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abstract = "We investigate the effects of a Stern-Gerlach-type addition to the Lorentz force on electrons in a laser wakefield accelerator. The Stern-Gerlach-type terms are found to generate a family of trajectories describing electrons that surf along the plasma density wave driven by a laser pulse. Such trajectories could lead to an increase in the size of an electron bunch, which may have implications for attempts to exploit such bunches in future free electron lasers. ",
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