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GeV Electrons Acceleration in Focused Laser Fields after Above-threshold Ionization

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Electrons produced as a result of above-threshold ionization of high-Z atoms can be accelerated by currently producible laser pulses up to GeV energies, as shown recently in Hu and Starace, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88 (2002) Article No. 245003. To describe electron acceleration by general focused laser fields, we employ an analytical model based on a Hamiltonian, fully relativistic, ponderomotive approach. Analytical expressions are derived and the applicability conditions of the ponderomotive formulation are studied both analytically and numerically. The theoretical predictions are supported by the numerical simulations

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Available from INIS in electronic form; Also available from OSTI as DE00813616; PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/813616-zS2LBQ/native/

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https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/813616-zS2LBQ/native/;

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Imprint Pagination
12 p.
Report number
PPPL--3805

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
34076073
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ACCELERATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRONS; HAMILTONIANS; IONIZATION; LASER RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PONDEROMOTIVE FORCE
Descriptors DEC
BEAMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; LEPTON BEAMS; LEPTONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARTICLE BEAMS; QUANTUM OPERATORS; RADIATIONS

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Contract/Grant/Project number
AC02-76CH03073
Funding organization
USDOE Office of Science (Seychelles) (US)