Electronic Resource
[S.l.]
:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Review of Scientific Instruments
57 (1986), S. 1840-1842
ISSN:
1089-7623
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
A new method is suggested for probing ultrahigh electric fields associated with relativistic plasma waves in high-density plasmas. A relativistic electron beam and an intense photon beam are collided inside the plasma. In the absence of any perturbing fields, the electrons Compton scatter some of the photons. In the backward direction, the frequency of the scattered radiation is roughly 4γ2ω0 with a frequency spread of ∼2(Δγ/γ). When strong electric fields are present, some of the electrons are accelerated and others are decelerated. This leads to broadening of the Compton-scattered spectrum. An experiment designed to probe coherent longitudinal electric fields of a beat-excited plasma wave will be described. This technique has the potential to give time-resolved information about relativistic wave particle interaction.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1139146
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