Realising Single-Shot Measurements of Quantum Radiation Reaction in High-Intensity Lasers
dc.contributor.author | Baird, CD | en |
dc.contributor.author | Murphy, CD | en |
dc.contributor.author | Blackburn, TG | en |
dc.contributor.author | Ilderton, A | en |
dc.contributor.author | Mangles, SPD | en |
dc.contributor.author | Marklund, M | en |
dc.contributor.author | Ridgers, CP | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-24T09:50:43Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-04-24T09:50:43Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-04-23 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1367-2630 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/13730 | |
dc.description.abstract |
Collisions between high intensity laser pulses and energetic electron beams are now used to measure the transition between the classical and quantum regimes of light-matter interactions. However, the energy spectrum of laser-wakefield-accelerated electron beams can fluctuate significantly from shot to shot, making it difficult to clearly discern quantum effects in radiation reaction, for example. Here we show how this can be accomplished in only a single laser shot. A millimeter-scale pre-collision drift allows the electron beam to expand to a size larger than the laser focal spot and develop a correlation between transverse position and angular divergence. In contrast to previous studies, this means that a measurement of the beam's energy-divergence spectrum automatically distinguishes components of the beam that hit or miss the laser focal spot and therefore do and do not experience radiation reaction. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | IOP Publishing | en |
dc.subject | physics.plasm-ph | en |
dc.subject | physics.plasm-ph | en |
dc.title | Realising Single-Shot Measurements of Quantum Radiation Reaction in High-Intensity Lasers | en |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
plymouth.author-url | http://arxiv.org/abs/1804.07725v1 | en |
plymouth.journal | New Journal of Physics | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1088/1367-2630/ab1baf | en |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/EXTENDED UoA 10 - Mathematical Sciences | |
plymouth.organisational-group | /Plymouth/REF 2021 Researchers by UoA/UoA10 Mathematical Sciences | |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2019-04-23 | en |
dc.rights.embargodate | 2019-11-27 | en |
dc.rights.embargoperiod | Not known | en |
rioxxterms.versionofrecord | 10.1088/1367-2630/ab1baf | en |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | en |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2019-04-23 | en |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en |