期刊
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NUCLEAR SCIENCE
卷 65, 期 10, 页码 2671-2678出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2018.2869558
关键词
Gamma-rays; laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA); Monte Carlo Geant4 code; positrons
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11675107]
Laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA) is a plasma-based electron beam accelerator technology that can deliver electron beams with energies up to several GeVs, depending mainly on the power of the used laser system and the electron injection scheme. Here, we present the results from a GeV electron accelerator with a high reproducibility and a charge up to 30 pC using 110-120-TW laser pulses and by employing the well-established self-truncated ionization injection (STII) mechanism. These electron beams can be further used via bremsstrahlung in high-Z solid materials for the generation of gamma-rays and positron beams, therefore, composing a compact radiation source for various applications. Here, we use the Monte Carlo simulation code Geant4 for studying the properties of those radiations. As expected, the characteristics of the generated gamma-rays and positron beams showed a strong dependence on the incident electron beam, target material, and thickness. The trend of positrons and gamma-rays energies and yield is shown for different high-Z to low-Z targets with the same areal mass density. Thicknesses of the target material in terms of its radiation length have been varied periodically in order to find the optimal thickness for obtaining the maximum energy and yield of the radiations. A trend can be seen in terms of energy spectra of the gamma-rays and positrons while increasing the thickness of the targets. The amount of radiation yields is also crucial to the choice of appropriate thickness of the target. In addition, this paper provides a brief description of the electrodynamics processes such as bremsstrahlung and electron-positron pair production initiated by LWFA electron beams.
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