High-resolution multi-MeV x-ray radiography using relativistic laser-solid interaction

Authors :: M. Fox
N. Sircombe
L. Le Dain
L. Biddle
J. M. Lagrange
Christian Courtois
R. Edwards
S. Bazzoli
Erik Lefebvre
D. Brebion
K. Thorp
D. Mastrosimone
A. Simons
Christian Stoeckl
A. Compant La Fontaine
J. L. Bourgade
D. Drew
O. Landoas
M. Ramsay
M. Barbotin
C. Aedy
G. Pien
M. Gardner
Nicolas Pichoff
J. Gazave
Source :: Physics of Plasmas. 18:023101
Publication Year :: 2011
Publisher :: AIP Publishing, 2011.
Abstract: When high intensity (≥1019 W cm−2) laser light interacts with matter, multi-MeV electrons are produced. These electrons can be utilized to generate a MeV bremsstrahlung x-ray emission spectrum as they propagate into a high-Z solid target positioned behind the interaction area. The short duration (

Subjects :: Physics
business.industry
Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Bremsstrahlung
Particle accelerator
Electron
Condensed Matter Physics
Laser
Electromagnetic radiation
law.invention
Optics
Relativistic plasma
law
Industrial radiography
Physics::Accelerator Physics
Emission spectrum
business

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