Effect of the plasma density scale length on the direction of fast electrons in relativistic laser-solid interactions

The angular distribution of bremsstrahlung gamma rays produced by fast electrons accelerated in relativistic laser-solid interaction has been studied by photoneutron activation in copper. We show that the gamma-ray beam moves from the target normal to the direction of the k(laser) vector as the scal...

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Main Authors: Santala, M, Zepf, M, Watts, I, Beg, F, Clark, E, Tatarakis, M, Krushelnick, K, Dangor, A, McCanny, T, Spencer, I, Singhal, R, Ledingham, K, Wilks, S, Machacek, A, Wark, J, Allott, R, Clarke, R, Norreys, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2000