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An electromagnetic gamma-ray free electron laser*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 August 2013

BENGT ELIASSON  and
CHUAN SHENG LIU
BENGT ELIASSON
Affiliation:
Institute for Theoretical Physics, Ruhr University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany (beliass@yahoo.se)
CHUAN SHENG LIU
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA (csliu@umd.edu)
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Abstract

We present a theoretical model for the generation of coherent gamma rays by a free electron laser, where a high-energy electron beam interacts with an electromagnetic wiggler. By replacing the static undulator with a 1-μm laser wiggler, the resulting radiation would go from X-rays currently observed in experiments, to gamma rays. Coherent light in the gamma-ray range would have wide-ranging applications in the probing of matter on sub-atomic scales.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 79 , Special Issue 6: Special issue in memory of Professor Padma Kant Shukla 1950-2013 , December 2013 , pp. 995 - 998
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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This paper is devoted to the memory of Professor Padma Kant Shukla.

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