Observation of plasma focusing of a 28.5 GeV positron beam

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作者
Ng, JST
Chen, P
Baldis, H
Bolton, P
Cline, D
Craddock, W
Crawford, C
Decker, FJ
Field, C
Fukui, Y
Kumar, V
Iverson, R
King, F
Kirby, RE
Nakajima, K
Noble, R
Ogata, A
Raimondi, P
Walz, D
Weidemann, AW
机构
[1] Stanford Linear Accelerator Ctr, Stanford, CA 94309 USA
[2] Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA 94551 USA
[3] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA
[4] Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab, Batavia, IL 60510 USA
[5] High Energy Accelerator Lab, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050801, Japan
[6] Univ Tennessee, Dept Phys & Astron, Knoxville, TN 37996 USA
[7] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Appl Sci, Davis, CA 95616 USA
[8] Hiroshima Univ, Higashihiroshima 7398526, Japan
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.244801
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
The observation of plasma focusing of a 28.5 GeV positron beam is reported. The plasma was formed by ionizing a nitrogen jet only 3 mm. thick. Simultaneous focusing in both transverse dimensions was observed with effective focusing strengths of order tesla per micron. The minimum area of the beam spot was reduced by a factor of 2.0 +/- 0.3 by the plasma. The longitudinal beam envelope was measured and compared with numerical calculations.
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