Results on Plasma Focusing of High Energy Density Electron and Positron Beams

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/ Authors

J. S. T. Ng, P. Chen, W. Craddock, F. J. Decker, R. C. Field, M. J. Hogan, R. Iverson, F. King, R. E. Kirby, T. Kotseroglou

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P. Raimondi, D. Walz, H. A. Baldis, P. Bolton, D. Cline, Y. Fukui, V. Kumar, C. Crawford, R. Noble, K. Nakajima, A. Ogata, A. W. Weidemann

/ Abstract

We present results from the SLAC E-150 experiment on plasma focusing of high energy density electron and, for the first time, positron beams. We also discuss measurements on plasma lens-induced synchrotron radiation, longitudinal dynamics of plasma focusing, and laser- and beam-plasma interactions.