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Collimation and acceleration of mono-energetic electron beams in Laser Plasma accelerators

Plasma Physics 2011-05-12 v1

Abstract

Motivated by rapid advances in plasma based accelerators, we propose a simple mechanism for the production of highly collimated quasi monochromatic electrons beams. By considering Compton scattering of electrons (in the plasma) with virtual photons -- through an effective interaction --- we demonstrate angular collimation with a divergence less than 3 mrad quasi mono-energetic nature of the beam and an energy gain of O (1 GeV/cm), in laser induced accelerators.

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@article{arxiv.1105.2158,
  title  = {Collimation and acceleration of mono-energetic electron beams in Laser Plasma accelerators},
  author = {Ravindra Kumar and V. Ravishankar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.2158},
  year   = {2011}
}

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4 pages, 5 figures