Effects of shock on laser wakefield electron acceleration and betatron radiation

Eitan Y. Levine; Kim Ta Phuoc; Sheroy Tata; Tim Hager; Eyal Kroupp; Victor Malka

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Eitan Y. Levine, Kim Ta Phuoc, Sheroy Tata, Tim Hager, Eyal Kroupp, Victor Malka. Effects of shock on laser wakefield electron acceleration and betatron radiation[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2026, 11(5): 057203. doi: 10.1063/5.0295843

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Eitan Y. Levine, Kim Ta Phuoc, Sheroy Tata, Tim Hager, Eyal Kroupp, Victor Malka. Effects of shock on laser wakefield electron acceleration and betatron radiation[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2026, 11(5): 057203. doi: 10.1063/5.0295843

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Effects of shock on laser wakefield electron acceleration and betatron radiation

doi: 10.1063/5.0295843

Eitan Y. Levine^{1
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Kim Ta Phuoc^2
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Sheroy Tata^1
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Tim Hager^{1, 3
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Eyal Kroupp^1
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Victor Malka^1
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Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Laboratoire d’Optique Appliquée, ENSTA, CNRS UMR7639, Ecole Polytechnique, Chemin de la Hunière, 91761 Palaiseau, France
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Department für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Am Coulombwall 1, 85748 Garching, Germany

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Corresponding author: a)Author to whom correspondence should be addressed: eitan.levine@weizmann.ac.il
Received Date: 2025-08-11
Accepted Date: 2026-05-12

Available Online: 2026-09-28

Publish Date: 2026-09-01

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Abstract

Enhancement of betatron X-ray radiation produced in laser–plasma accelerators has previously been achieved by increasing the transverse oscillation amplitude of accelerated electrons in a tilted-shock traversal. This article reports on a simultaneous analysis of the properties of the betatron radiation and the trajectories of the relativistic electrons. The correlations of their parameters indicate new opportunities for improving betatron sources.

The authors have no conflicts to disclose.
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Author Contributions
Eitan Y. Levine: Data curation (supporting); Formal analysis (lead); Investigation (equal); Software (lead); Visualization (lead); Writing – original draft (lead). Kim Ta Phuoc: Conceptualization (equal); Formal analysis (supporting); Investigation (lead); Methodology (lead); Writing – review & editing (supporting). Sheroy Tata: Data curation (lead); Investigation (lead); Software (supporting); Writing – review & editing (supporting). Tim Hager: Investigation (supporting). Eyal Kroupp: Project administration (equal); Resources (lead); Writing – review & editing (supporting). Victor Malka: Conceptualization (equal); Funding acquisition (lead); Investigation (supporting); Methodology (equal); Project administration (equal); Supervision (lead); Writing – review & editing (lead).
K.T.P. and V.M. conceived the idea and designed the setup. K.T.P., S.T., E.Y.L., and T.H. together carried out the experiment with support from E.K. V.M. and E.Y.L. analyzed the data, performed the simulations, and wrote the paper. All authors discussed the results extensively and commented on the manuscript. V.M. provided overall guidance to the project.
The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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