Characterization of bright betatron radiation generated by direct laser acceleration of electrons in plasma of near critical density

J. Cikhardt; M. Gyrdymov; S. Zähter; P. Tavana; M. M. Günther; N. Bukharskii; N. Borisenko; J. Jacoby; X. F. Shen; A. Pukhov; N. E. Andreev; O. N. Rosmej

doi:10.1063/5.0181119

Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 9, Issue 2, 027201(2024)

Characterization of bright betatron radiation generated by direct laser acceleration of electrons in plasma of near critical density

J. Cikhardt^1、a), M. Gyrdymov², S. Zähter^3,4, P. Tavana², M. M. Günther³, N. Bukharskii^5,6, N. Borisenko⁶, J. Jacoby², X. F. Shen⁷, A. Pukhov⁷, N. E. Andreev^8,9, and O. N. Rosmej^2,3

Author Affiliations

¹Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, 16627 Prague 6, Czech Republic

²Goethe University, Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Straße 1, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

³GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany

⁴Focused Energy GmbH, Im Tiefen See 45, 64293 Darmstadt, Germany

⁵National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Kashirskoe shosse 31, 115409 Moscow, Russian Federation

⁶Lebedev Physical Institute RAS, Leninskiy Prospekt 53, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation

⁷Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Universitätsstrasse 1, Düsseldorf, Germany

⁸Joint Institute for High Temperatures, RAS, Izhorskaya st. 13, Bldg. 2, 125412 Moscow, Russian Federation

⁹Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutskiy Pereulok 9, 141700 Dolgoprudny, Russia

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J. Cikhardt, M. Gyrdymov, S. Zähter, P. Tavana, M. M. Günther, N. Bukharskii, N. Borisenko, J. Jacoby, X. F. Shen, A. Pukhov, N. E. Andreev, O. N. Rosmej. Characterization of bright betatron radiation generated by direct laser acceleration of electrons in plasma of near critical density[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(2): 027201

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Received: Oct. 14, 2023

Accepted: Jan. 16, 2024

Published Online: Apr. 15, 2024

The Author Email: Cikhardt J. (cikhajak@fel.cvut.cz)

DOI:10.1063/5.0181119

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