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ArticleScientific reports2017

Brilliant X-rays using a Two-Stage Plasma Insertion Device.

J A Holloway, P A Norreys, A G R Thomas, R Bartolini, R Bingham, J Nydell, R M G M Trines, R Walker, M Wing

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.5field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

J A HollowayDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom. james.holloway@physics.ox.ac.uk.
P A NorreysDepartment of Physics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, United Kingdom.
A G R ThomasDepartment of Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
R BartoliniJohn Adams Institute, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, United Kingdom.
R BinghamCentral Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom.
J NydellDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
R M G M TrinesCentral Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX, United Kingdom.
R WalkerJohn Adams Institute, University of Oxford, Denys Wilkinson Building, Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3RH, United Kingdom.
M WingDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom.
University College London · GBDiamond Light Source · GBRutherford Appleton Laboratory · GBUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Particle accelerators have made an enormous impact in all fields of natural sciences, from elementary particle physics, to the imaging of proteins and the development of new pharmaceuticals. Modern light sources have advanced many fields by providing extraordinarily bright, short X-ray pulses. Here we present a novel numerical study, demonstrating that existing third generation light sources can significantly enhance the brightness and photon energy of their X-ray pulses by undulating their beams within plasma wakefields. This study shows that a three order of magnitude increase in X-ray brightness and over an order of magnitude increase in X-ray photon energy is achieved by passing a 3 GeV electron beam through a two-stage plasma insertion device. The production mechanism micro-bunches the electron beam and ensures the pulses are radially polarised on creation. We also demonstrate that the micro-bunched electron beam is itself an effective wakefield driver that can potentially accelerate a witness electron beam up to 6 GeV.

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PMID28638099
PMCPMC5479796
OpenAlexW2625111830

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