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Professor Alec Thomas

Formerly at Lancaster University

  1. Published

    Theory of radiative electron polarization in strong laser fields

    Seipt, D., Del Sorbo, D., Ridgers, C. P. & Thomas, A. G. R., 20/08/2018, In: Physical review a. 98, 2, 19 p., 023417.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Characterization of laser wakefield acceleration efficiency with octave spanning near-IR spectrum measurements

    Streeter, M. J. V., Ma, Y., Kettle, B., Dann, S. J. D., Gerstmayr, E., Albert, F., Bourgeois, N., Cipiccia, S., Cole, J. M., Gallardo González, I., Hussein, A. E., Jaroszynski, D. A., Falk, K., Krushelnick, K., Lemos, N., Lopes, N. C., Lumsdon, C., Lundh, O., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., & 8 othersRajeev, P. P., Sandberg, R., Shahzad, M., Smid, M., Spesyvtsev, R., Symes, D. R., Vieux, G. & Thomas, A. G. R., 31/10/2022, In: Physical Review Accelerators and Beams. 25, 10, 7 p., 101302.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Strong Radiation-Damping Effects in a Gamma-Ray Source Generated by the Interaction of a High-Intensity Laser with a Wakefield-Accelerated Electron Beam

    Thomas, A. G. R., Ridgers, C. P., Bulanov, S. S., Griffin, B. J. & Mangles, S. P. D., 19/10/2012, In: Physical Review X. 2, 4, 13 p., 041004.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    A review of Vlasov-Fokker-Planck numerical modeling of inertial confinement fusion plasma

    Thomas, A. G. R., Tzoufras, M., Robinson, A. P. L., Kingham, R. J., Ridgers, C. P., Sherlock, M. & Bell, A. R., 1/02/2012, In: Journal of Computational Physics. 231, 3, p. 1051-1079 29 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLiterature reviewpeer-review

  5. Published

    Hybrid Vlasov-Fokker-Planck-Maxwell simulations of fast electron transport and the time dependance of K-shell excitation in a mid-Z metallic target

    Thomas, A. G. R., Sherlock, M., Kuranz, C., Ridgers, C. P. & Drake, R. P., 22/01/2013, In: New Journal of Physics. 15, 20 p., 015017.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Optical physics: antimatter creation in an X-ray bath

    Thomas, A., 06/2014, In: Nature Photonics. 8, 6, p. 429-431 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineComment/debatepeer-review

  7. Published

    Vlasov simulations of thermal plasma waves with relativistic phase velocity in a Lorentz boosted frame

    Thomas, A. G. R., 9/11/2016, In: Physical Review E. 94, 5, 11 p., 053204.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Algorithm for calculating spectral intensity due to charged particles in arbitrary motion

    Thomas, A. G. R., 02/2010, In: Physical Review Special Topics: Accelerators and Beams. 13, 2, 11 p., 020702.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Rapid self-magnetization of laser speckles in plasmas by nonlinear anisotropic instability

    Thomas, A. G. R., Kingham, R. J. & Ridgers, C. P., 3/03/2009, In: New Journal of Physics. 11, 11 p., 033001.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Betatron x-ray generation from electrons accelerated in a plasma cavity in the presence of laser fields

    Thomas, A. G. R. & Krushelnick, K., 10/2009, In: Physics of Plasmas. 16, 10, 12 p., 103103.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Monoenergetic electronic beam production using dual collinear laser pulses

    Thomas, A. G. R., Murphy, C. D., Mangles, S. P. D., Dangor, A. E., Foster, P., Gallacher, J. G., Jaroszynski, D. A., Kamperidis, C., Lancaster, K. L., Norreys, P. A., Viskup, R., Krushelnick, K. & Najmudin, Z., 27/06/2008, In: Physical review letters. 100, 25, 4 p., 255002.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Effect of laser-focusing conditions on propagation and monoenergetic electron production in laser-wakefield accelerators

    Thomas, A. G. R., Najmudin, Z., Mangles, S. P. D., Murphy, C. D., Dangor, A. E., Kamperidis, C., Lancaster, K. L., Mori, W. B., Norreys, P. A., Rozmus, W. & Krushelnick, K., 2/03/2007, In: Physical review letters. 98, 9, 4 p., 095004.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Measurements of wave-breaking radiation from a laser-wakefield accelerator

    Thomas, A. G. R., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., Kaluza, M. C., Murphy, C. D. & Krushelnick, K., 2/02/2007, In: Physical review letters. 98, 5, 4 p., 054802.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Response to “Comment on ‘Scalings for radiation from plasma bubbles’ ” [Phys. Plasmas 18, 034701 (2011)]

    Thomas, A. G. R., 1/03/2011, In: Physics of Plasmas. 18, 3, 034702.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Scalings for radiation from plasma bubbles

    Thomas, A. G. R., 03/2010, In: Physics of Plasmas. 17, 5, 056708.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Ultrashort pulse filamentation and monoenergetic electron beam production in LWFAs

    Thomas, A. G. R., Mangles, S. P. D., Murphy, C. D., Dangor, A. E., Foster, P. S., Gallacher, J. G., Jaroszynski, D. A., Kamperidis, C., Krushelnick, K. & Lancaster, K. L., 02/2009, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 51, 2, 12 p., 024010.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    The effect of laser focusing conditions in laser wakefield acceleration experiments

    Thomas, A. G. R., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., Murphy, C. D., Dangor, A. E., Rozmus, W., Krushelnick, K., Foster, P. S., Norreys, P. A., Gallacher, J. G., Jaroszynski, D. A. & Mori, W. B., 21/06/2006, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. IEEE, (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  18. Published

    Photon acceleration and modulational instability during wakefield excitation using long laser pulses

    Trines, R. M. G. M., Murphy, C. D., Lancaster, K. L., Chekhlov, O., Norreys, P. A., Bingham, R., Mendonça, J. T., Silva, L. O., Mangles, S. P. D., Kamperidis, C., Thomas, A. G. R., Krushelnick, K. & Najmudin, Z., 02/2009, In: Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion. 51, 2

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    HIGH field physics and QED experiments at ELI-NP

    Turcu, I. C. E., Negoita, F., Jaroszynski, D. A., Mckenna, P., Balascuta, S., Ursescu, D., Dancus, I., Cernaianu, M. O., Tataru, M. V., Ghenuche, P., Stutman, D., Boianu, A., Risca, M., Toma, M., Petcu, C., Acbas, G., Yoffe, S. R., Noble, A., Ersfeld, B., Brunetti, E., & 28 othersCapdessus, R., Murphy, C., Ridgers, C. P., Neely, D., Mangles, S. P. D., Gray, R. J., Thomas, A. G. R., Kirk, J. G., Ilderton, A., Marklund, M., Gordon, D. F., Hafizi, B., Kaganovich, D., Palastro, J. P., D'Humieres, E., Zepf, M., Sarri, G., Gies, H., Karbstein, F., Schreiber, J., Paulus, G. G., Dromey, B., Harvey, C., Di Piazza, A., Keitel, C. H., Kaluza, M. C., Gales, S. & Zamfir, N. V., 01/2016, In: Romanian Reports in Physics. 68, ELI-NP Technical Design Reports Supplement 2016, p. S145-S231 87 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Improvements to laser wakefield accelerated electron beam stability, divergence, and energy spread using three-dimensional printed two-stage gas cell targets

    Vargas, M., Schumaker, W., He, Z-H., Zhao, Z., Behm, K., Chvykov, V., Hou, B., Krushelnick, K., Maksimchuk, A., Yanovsky, V. & Thomas, A. G. R., 28/04/2014, In: Applied Physics Letters. 104, 17, 5 p., 174103.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Laser seeded electron beam filamentation in high intensity laser wakefield acceleration

    Vargas, M., Schumaker, W., Cummings, P., Chvykov, V., Yanovsky, V., Maksimchuk, A., Krushelnick, K. & Thomas, A. G. R., 12/2012, In: AIP Conference Proceedings. 1507, 1, p. 336-340 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Horizon 2020 EuPRAXIA design study

    Walker, P. A., Alesini, P. D., Alexandrova, A. S., Anania, M. P., Andreev, N. E., Andriyash, I., Aschikhin, A., Assmann, R. W., Audet, T., Bacci, A., Barna, I. F., Beaton, A., Beck, A., Beluze, A., Bernhard, A., Bielawski, S., Bisesto, F. G., Boedewadt, J., Brandi, F., Bringer, O., & 140 othersBrinkmann, R., Bründermann, E., Büscher, M., Bussmann, M., Bussolino, G. C., Chance, A., Chanteloup, J. C., Chen, M., Chiadroni, E., Cianchi, A., Clarke, J., Cole, J., Couprie, M. E., Croia, M., Cros, B., Dale, J., Dattoli, G., Delerue, N., Delferriere, O., Delinikolas, P., Dias, J., Dorda, U., Ertel, K., Ferran Pousa, A., Ferrario, M., Filippi, F., Fils, J., Fiorito, R., Fonseca, R. A., Galimberti, M., Gallo, A., Garzella, D., Gastinel, P., Giove, D., Giribono, A., Gizzi, L. A., Grüner, F. J., Habib, A. F., Haefner, L. C., Heinemann, T., Hidding, B., Holzer, B. J., Hooker, S. M., Hosokai, T., Irman, A., Jaroszynski, D. A., Jaster-Merz, S., Joshi, C., Kaluza, M. C., Kando, M., Karger, O. S., Karsch, S., Khazanov, E., Khikhlukha, D., Knetsch, A., Kocon, D., Koester, P., Kononenko, O., Korn, G., Kostyukov, I., Labate, L., Lechner, C., Leemans, W. P., Lehrach, A., Li, F. Y., Li, X., Libov, V., Lifschitz, A., Litvinenko, V., Lu, W., Maier, A. R., Malka, V., Manahan, G. G., Mangles, S. P. D., Marchetti, B., Marocchino, A., Martinez de la Ossa, A., Martins, J. L., Massimo, F., Mathieu, F., Maynard, G., Mehrling, T. J., Molodozhentsev, A. Y., Mosnier, A., Mostacci, A., Mueller, A. S., Najmudin, Z., Nghiem, P. A. P., Nguyen, F., Niknejadi, P., Osterhoff, J., Papadopoulos, D., Patrizi, B., Pattathil, R., Petrillo, V., Pocsai, M. A., Poder, K., Pompili, R., Pribyl, L., Pugacheva, D., Romeo, S., Rossi, A. R., Roussel, E., Sahai, A. A., Scherkl, P., Schramm, U., Schroeder, C. B., Schwindling, J., Scifo, J., Serafini, L., Sheng, Z. M., Silva, L. O., Silva, T., Simon, C., Sinha, U., Specka, A., Streeter, M. J. V., Svystun, E. N., Symes, D., Szwaj, C., Tauscher, G., Thomas, A. G. R., Thompson, N., Toci, G., Tomassini, P., Vaccarezza, C., Vannini, M., Vieira, J. M., Villa, F., Wahlström, C-G., Walczak, R., Weikum, M. K., Welsch, C. P., Wiemann, C., Wolfenden, J., Xia, G., Yabashi, M., Yu, L., Zhu, J. & Zigler, A., 20/09/2017, In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 874, 8 p., 012029.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Measurements of magnetic field generation at ionization fronts from laser wakefield acceleration experiments

    Walton, B., Dangor, A. E., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., Krushelnick, K., Thomas, A. G. R., Fritzler, S. & Malka, V., 25/02/2013, In: New Journal of Physics. 15, 11 p., 025034.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Experimental Observation of a Current-Driven Instability in a Neutral Electron-Positron Beam

    Warwick, J., Dzelzainis, T., Dieckmann, M. E., Schumaker, W., Doria, D., Romagnani, L., Poder, K., Cole, J. M., Alejo, A., Yeung, M., Krushelnick, K., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., Reville, B., Samarin, G. M., Symes, D. D., Thomas, A. G. R., Borghesi, M. & Sarri, G., 3/11/2017, In: Physical review letters. 119, 18, 5 p., 185002.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    General features of experiments on the dynamics of laser-driven electron–positron beams

    Warwick, J. R., Alejo, A., Dzelzainis, T., Schumaker, W., Doria, D., Romagnani, L., Poder, K., Cole, J. M., Yeung, M., Krushelnick, K., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., Samarin, G. M., Symes, D., Thomas, A. G. R., Borghesi, M. & Sarri, G., 12/11/2018, In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 909, p. 95-101 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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