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Experimental Signatures of the Quantum Nature of Radiation Reaction in the Field of an Ultraintense Laser by Poder, K., Tamburini, M., Sarri, G., Di Piazza, A., Kuschel, S., Baird, C. D., Behm, K., Bohlen, S., Cole, J. M., Corvan, D. J., Duff, M., Gerstmayr, E., Keitel, C. H., Krushelnick, K., Mangles, S. P. D., McKenna, P., Murphy, C. D., Najmudin, Z., Ridgers, C. P., Samarin, G. M., Symes, D. R., Thomas, A. G. R., Warwick, J., Zepf, M.

“…The description of the dynamics of an electron in an external electromagnetic field of arbitrary intensity is one of the most fundamental outstanding problems…”
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Polarization Dependence of Bulk Ion Acceleration from Ultrathin Foils Irradiated by High-Intensity Ultrashort Laser Pulses by Scullion, C, Doria, D, Romagnani, L, Sgattoni, A, Naughton, K, Symes, D R, McKenna, P, Macchi, A, Zepf, M, Kar, S, Borghesi, M

“…The acceleration of ions from ultrathin (10-100 nm) carbon foils has been investigated using intense (∼6×10^{20} W  cm^{-2}) ultrashort (45 fs) laser pulses,…”
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Single-Shot Multi-keV X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy Using an Ultrashort Laser-Wakefield Accelerator Source by Kettle, B, Gerstmayr, E, Streeter, M J V, Albert, F, Baggott, R A, Bourgeois, N, Cole, J M, Dann, S, Falk, K, Gallardo González, I, Hussein, A E, Lemos, N, Lopes, N C, Lundh, O, Ma, Y, Rose, S J, Spindloe, C, Symes, D R, Šmíd, M, Thomas, A G R, Watt, R, Mangles, S P D

“…Single-shot absorption measurements have been performed using the multi-keV x rays generated by a laser-wakefield accelerator. A 200 TW laser was used to drive…”
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Excitation and Control of Plasma Wakefields by Multiple Laser Pulses by Cowley, J, Thornton, C, Arran, C, Shalloo, R J, Corner, L, Cheung, G, Gregory, C D, Mangles, S P D, Matlis, N H, Symes, D R, Walczak, R, Hooker, S M

“…We demonstrate experimentally the resonant excitation of plasma waves by trains of laser pulses. We also take an important first step to achieving an energy…”
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DNA DSB Repair Dynamics following Irradiation with Laser-Driven Protons at Ultra-High Dose Rates by Hanton, F., Chaudhary, P., Doria, D., Gwynne, D., Maiorino, C., Scullion, C., Ahmed, H., Marshall, T., Naughton, K., Romagnani, L., Kar, S., Schettino, G., McKenna, P., Botchway, S., Symes, D. R., Rajeev, P. P., Prise, K. M., Borghesi, M.

“…Protontherapy has emerged as more effective in the treatment of certain tumors than photon based therapies. However, significant capital and operational costs…”
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Narrow bandwidth, low-emittance positron beams from a laser-wakefield accelerator by Streeter, M. J. V., Colgan, C., Carderelli, J., Ma, Y., Cavanagh, N., Los, E. E., Ahmed, H., Antoine, A. F., Audet, T., Balcazar, M. D., Calvin, L., Kettle, B., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., Rajeev, P. P., Symes, D. R., Thomas, A. G. R., Sarri, G.

“…The rapid progress that plasma wakefield accelerators are experiencing is now posing the question as to whether they could be included in the design of the…”
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Observation of Laser Power Amplification in a Self-Injecting Laser Wakefield Accelerator by Streeter, M J V, Kneip, S, Bloom, M S, Bendoyro, R A, Chekhlov, O, Dangor, A E, Döpp, A, Hooker, C J, Holloway, J, Jiang, J, Lopes, N C, Nakamura, H, Norreys, P A, Palmer, C A J, Rajeev, P P, Schreiber, J, Symes, D R, Wing, M, Mangles, S P D, Najmudin, Z

“…We report on the depletion and power amplification of the driving laser pulse in a strongly driven laser wakefield accelerator. Simultaneous measurement of the…”
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Parametric study of high-energy ring-shaped electron beams from a laser wakefield accelerator by Maitrallain, A, Brunetti, E, Streeter, M J V, Kettle, B, Spesyvtsev, R, Vieux, G, Shahzad, M, Ersfeld, B, Yoffe, S R, Kornaszewski, A, Finlay, O, Ma, Y, Albert, F, Bourgeois, N, Dann, S J D, Lemos, N, Cipiccia, S, Cole, J M, González, I G, Willingale, L, Higginbotham, A, Hussein, A E, Šmid, M, Falk, K, Krushelnick, K, Lopes, N C, Gerstmayr, E, Lumsdon, C, Lundh, O, Mangles, S P D, Najmudin, Z, Rajeev, P P, Symes, D R, Thomas, A G R, Jaroszynski, D A

“…Abstract Laser wakefield accelerators commonly produce on-axis, low-divergence, high-energy electron beams. However, a high charge, annular shaped beam can be…”
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Electron trapping and reinjection in prepulse-shaped gas targets for laser-plasma accelerators by Scott, R. H. H., Thornton, C., Bourgeois, N., Cowley, J., Rittershofer, Wolf, Kleinwächter, Tobias, Osterhoff, Jens, Symes, D. R., Hooker, C., Hooker, S. M.

“…A novel mechanism for injection, emittance selection, and postacceleration for laser wakefield electron acceleration is identified and described. It is shown…”
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Bright x-ray radiation from plasma bubbles in an evolving laser wakefield accelerator by Bloom, M. S., Streeter, M. J. V., Kneip, S., Bendoyro, R. A., Cheklov, O., Cole, J. M., Döpp, A., Hooker, C. J., Holloway, J., Jiang, J., Lopes, N. C., Nakamura, H., Norreys, P. A., Rajeev, P. P., Symes, D. R., Schreiber, J., Wood, J. C., Wing, M., Najmudin, Z., Mangles, S. P. D.

“…We show that the properties of the electron beam and bright x rays produced by a laser wakefield accelerator can be predicted if the distance over which the…”
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Investigation of GeV-scale electron acceleration in a gas-filled capillary discharge waveguide by Walker, P A, Bourgeois, N, Rittershofer, W, Cowley, J, Kajumba, N, Maier, A R, Wenz, J, Werle, C M, Karsch, S, Grüner, F, Symes, D R, Rajeev, P P, Hawkes, S J, Chekhlov, O, Hooker, C J, Parry, B, Tang, Y, Hooker, S M

“…The generation of GeV-scale electron beams in a gas-filled capillary discharge waveguide with good reproducibility is discussed. Beams of electrons with…”
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Characterization of laser wakefield acceleration efficiency with octave spanning near-IR spectrum measurements by Streeter, M. J. V., Ma, Y., Kettle, B., Dann, S. J. D., Gerstmayr, E., Albert, F., Bourgeois, N., Cipiccia, S., Cole, J. M., Gallardo González, I., Hussein, A. E., Jaroszynski, D. A., Falk, K., Krushelnick, K., Lemos, N., Lopes, N. C., Lumsdon, C., Lundh, O., Mangles, S. P. D., Najmudin, Z., Rajeev, P. P., Sandberg, R., Shahzad, M., Smid, M., Spesyvtsev, R., Symes, D. R., Vieux, G., Thomas, A. G. R.

“…We report on experimental measurements of energy transfer efficiencies in a GeV-class laser wakefield accelerator. Both the transfer of energy from the laser…”
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Versatile tape-drive target for high-repetition-rate laser-driven proton acceleration – CORRIGENDUM by Xu, N., Streeter, M. J. V., Ettlinger, O. C., Ahmed, H., Astbury, S., Borghesi, M., Bourgeois, N., Curry, C. B., Dann, S. J. D., Dover, N. P., Dzelzainis, T., Istokskaia, V., Gauthier, M., Giuffrida, L., Glenn, G. D., Glenzer, S. H., Gray, R. J., Green, J. S., Hicks, G. S., Hyland, C., King, M., Loughran, B., Margarone, D., McCusker, O., McKenna, P., Parisuaña, C., Parsons, P., Spindloe, C., Symes, D. R., Treffert, F., Palmer, C. A. J., Najmudin, Z.

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Azimuthal asymmetry in collective electron dynamics in relativistically transparent laser-foil interactions by Gray, R J, MacLellan, D A, Gonzalez-Izquierdo, B, Powell, H W, Carroll, D C, Murphy, C D, Stockhausen, L C, Rusby, D R, Scott, G G, Wilson, R, Booth, N, Symes, D R, Hawkes, S J, Torres, R, Borghesi, M, Neely, D, McKenna, P

“…Asymmetry in the collective dynamics of ponderomotively-driven electrons in the interaction of an ultraintense laser pulse with a relativistically transparent…”
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Dynamic acceleration effects in explosions of laser-irradiated heteronuclear clusters by HOHENBERGER, M, SYMES, D. R, MADISON, K. W, SUMERUK, A, DYER, G, EDENS, A, GRIGSBY, W, HAYS, G, TEICHMANN, M, DITMIRE, T

“…Intense, femtosecond irradiation of atomic and molecular clusters can initiate Coulomb explosions, generating particle energies sufficient to drive nuclear…”
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Observation of a velocity domain cooling instability in a radiative shock by Hohenberger, M, Symes, D R, Lazarus, J, Doyle, H W, Carley, R E, Moore, A S, Gumbrell, E T, Notley, M M, Clarke, R J, Dunne, M, Smith, R A

“…We report on experimental investigations into strong, laser-driven, radiative shocks in cluster media. Cylindrical shocks launched with several joules of…”
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Wakefields in a cluster plasma by Mayr, M. W., Ceurvorst, L., Kasim, M. F., Sadler, J. D., Spiers, B., Glize, K., Savin, A. F., Bourgeois, N., Keeble, F., Ross, A. J., Symes, D. R., Aboushelbaya, R., Fonseca, R. A., Holloway, J., Ratan, N., Trines, R. M. G. M., Wang, R. H. W., Bingham, R., Silva, L. O., Burrows, P. N., Wing, M., Rajeev, P. P., Norreys, P. A.

“…We report the first comprehensive study of large amplitude Langmuir waves in a plasma of nanometer-scale clusters. Using an oblique angle single-shot frequency…”
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Experimental Evidence of Radiation Reaction in the Collision of a High-Intensity Laser Pulse with a Laser-Wakefield Accelerated Electron Beam by Cole, J. M., Behm, K. T., Gerstmayr, E., Blackburn, T. G., Wood, J. C., Baird, C. D., Duff, M. J., Harvey, C., Ilderton, A., Joglekar, A. S., Krushelnick, K., Kuschel, S., Marklund, M., McKenna, P., Murphy, C. D., Poder, K., Ridgers, C. P., Samarin, G. M., Sarri, G., Symes, D. R., Thomas, A. G. R., Warwick, J., Zepf, M., Najmudin, Z., Mangles, S. P. D.

“…The dynamics of energetic particles in strong electromagnetic fields can be heavily influenced by the energy loss arising from the emission of radiation during…”
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Automation and control of laser wakefield accelerators using Bayesian optimization by Shalloo, R. J., Dann, S. J. D., Gruse, J.-N., Underwood, C. I. D., Antoine, A. F., Arran, C., Backhouse, M., Baird, C. D., Balcazar, M. D., Bourgeois, N., Cardarelli, J. A., Hatfield, P., Kang, J., Krushelnick, K., Mangles, S. P. D., Murphy, C. D., Lu, N., Osterhoff, J., Põder, K., Rajeev, P. P., Ridgers, C. P., Rozario, S., Selwood, M. P., Shahani, A. J., Symes, D. R., Thomas, A. G. R., Thornton, C., Najmudin, Z., Streeter, M. J. V.

“…Laser wakefield accelerators promise to revolutionize many areas of accelerator science. However, one of the greatest challenges to their widespread adoption…”
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Full-trajectory diagnosis of laser-driven radiative blast waves in search of thermal plasma instabilities by Moore, A S, Gumbrell, E T, Lazarus, J, Hohenberger, M, Robinson, J S, Smith, R A, Plant, T J A, Symes, D R, Dunne, M

“…Experimental investigations into the dynamics of cylindrical, laser-driven, high-Mach-number shocks are used to study the thermal cooling instability predicted…”
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