HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRON ACCELERATION BY PONDEROMOTIVE FORCES IN TENUOUS PLASMAS

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作者
BOREHAM, BW
LUTHERDAVIES, B
机构
[1] Department of Engineering Physics, Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra
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美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1063/1.326250
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O59 [应用物理学];
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The results of an experimental study of electrons produced by multiphoton ionization of helium gas by intense 25-psec-duration pulses from a neodymium laser are reported. Electrons with energies up to 300 eV have been observed and both the maximum electron energy and the measured electron-energy spectra are shown to be characteristic of electron acceleration by ponderomotive forces.
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