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Table-Top Laser-Based Source of Femtosecond, Collimated, Ultrarelativistic Positron Beams

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Table-Top Laser-Based Source of Femtosecond, Collimated, Ultrarelativistic Positron Beams. / Sarri, G.; Schumaker, W.; Di Piazza, A. et al.
In: Physical review letters, Vol. 110, No. 25, 255002, 20.06.2013.

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Sarri, G, Schumaker, W, Di Piazza, A, Vargas, M, Dromey, B, Dieckmann, ME, Chvykov, V, Maksimchuk, A, Yanovsky, V, He, ZH, Hou, BX, Nees, JA, Thomas, AGR, Keitel, CH, Zepf, M & Krushelnick, K 2013, 'Table-Top Laser-Based Source of Femtosecond, Collimated, Ultrarelativistic Positron Beams', Physical review letters, vol. 110, no. 25, 255002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.255002

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Sarri, G., Schumaker, W., Di Piazza, A., Vargas, M., Dromey, B., Dieckmann, M. E., Chvykov, V., Maksimchuk, A., Yanovsky, V., He, Z. H., Hou, B. X., Nees, J. A., Thomas, A. G. R., Keitel, C. H., Zepf, M., & Krushelnick, K. (2013). Table-Top Laser-Based Source of Femtosecond, Collimated, Ultrarelativistic Positron Beams. Physical review letters, 110(25), Article 255002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.255002

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Sarri G, Schumaker W, Di Piazza A, Vargas M, Dromey B, Dieckmann ME et al. Table-Top Laser-Based Source of Femtosecond, Collimated, Ultrarelativistic Positron Beams. Physical review letters. 2013 Jun 20;110(25):255002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.255002

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Sarri, G. ; Schumaker, W. ; Di Piazza, A. et al. / Table-Top Laser-Based Source of Femtosecond, Collimated, Ultrarelativistic Positron Beams. In: Physical review letters. 2013 ; Vol. 110, No. 25.

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@article{b550b05afd914a52a80b219ea1875323,
title = "Table-Top Laser-Based Source of Femtosecond, Collimated, Ultrarelativistic Positron Beams",
abstract = "The generation of ultrarelativistic positron beams with short duration (tau(e+) similar or equal to 30 fs), small divergence (theta(e+) similar or equal to 3 mrad), and high density (n(e+) similar or equal to 10(14)-10(15) cm(-3)) from a fully optical setup is reported. The detected positron beam propagates with a high-density electron beam and gamma rays of similar spectral shape and peak energy, thus closely resembling the structure of an astrophysical leptonic jet. It is envisaged that this experimental evidence, besides the intrinsic relevance to laser-driven particle acceleration, may open the pathway for the small-scale study of astrophysical leptonic jets in the laboratory.",
keywords = "GAMMA-RAY BURSTS, ELECTRON-BEAMS, PLASMA, ACCELERATOR, GENERATION, SHOCK",
author = "G. Sarri and W. Schumaker and {Di Piazza}, A. and M. Vargas and B. Dromey and Dieckmann, {M. E.} and V. Chvykov and A. Maksimchuk and V. Yanovsky and He, {Z. H.} and Hou, {B. X.} and Nees, {J. A.} and Thomas, {A. G. R.} and Keitel, {C. H.} and M. Zepf and K. Krushelnick",
year = "2013",
month = jun,
day = "20",
doi = "10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.255002",
language = "English",
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journal = "Physical review letters",
issn = "0031-9007",
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AU - Sarri, G.

AU - Schumaker, W.

AU - Di Piazza, A.

AU - Vargas, M.

AU - Dromey, B.

AU - Dieckmann, M. E.

AU - Chvykov, V.

AU - Maksimchuk, A.

AU - Yanovsky, V.

AU - He, Z. H.

AU - Hou, B. X.

AU - Nees, J. A.

AU - Thomas, A. G. R.

AU - Keitel, C. H.

AU - Zepf, M.

AU - Krushelnick, K.

PY - 2013/6/20

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AB - The generation of ultrarelativistic positron beams with short duration (tau(e+) similar or equal to 30 fs), small divergence (theta(e+) similar or equal to 3 mrad), and high density (n(e+) similar or equal to 10(14)-10(15) cm(-3)) from a fully optical setup is reported. The detected positron beam propagates with a high-density electron beam and gamma rays of similar spectral shape and peak energy, thus closely resembling the structure of an astrophysical leptonic jet. It is envisaged that this experimental evidence, besides the intrinsic relevance to laser-driven particle acceleration, may open the pathway for the small-scale study of astrophysical leptonic jets in the laboratory.

KW - GAMMA-RAY BURSTS

KW - ELECTRON-BEAMS

KW - PLASMA

KW - ACCELERATOR

KW - GENERATION

KW - SHOCK

U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.255002

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.255002

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SN - 0031-9007

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