Spatial profile of accelerated electrons from ponderomotive scattering in hydrogen cluster targets

Autor: B Aurand, L Reichwein, K M Schwind, E Aktan, M Cerchez, V Kaymak, L Lessmann, R Prasad, J Thomas, T Toncian, A Khoukaz, A Pukhov, O Willi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: New Journal of Physics, Vol 24, Iss 3, p 033006 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ac53ba
Popis: We study the laser-driven acceleration of electrons from overdense hydrogen clusters to energies of up to 13 MeV in laser forward direction and several hundreds of keV in an outer ring-structure. The use of cryogenic hydrogen allows for high repetition-rate operation and examination of the influence of source parameters like temperature and gas flow. The outer ring-structure of accelerated electrons, originating from the interaction, that is robust against the change of laser and target parameters can be observed for low electron densities of ca 3 × 10 ^16 cm ^−3 . For higher electron densities, an additional central spot of electrons in the laser forward direction can be observed. Utilizing 3D particle-in-cell simulations, it is revealed that both electron populations mainly stem from ponderomotive scattering.
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