Laser plasma acceleration in the LUX experiment (IMAGE)

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

Laser plasma acceleration in the LUX experiment

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In laser plasma acceleration, an intense laser pulse (red) in an ionised gas drives a bubble-shaped plasma wave consisting of electrons (white). An electron bunch (centre) riding this wave like a surfer is thus accelerated to high energies over shortest distances. The rendering is based on real simulation data from the LUX experiment.

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