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DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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This is an illustration, based on simulations, of the Trojan horse technique for the production of high-energy electron beams. A laser beam (red, at left) strips electrons (blue dots) off of helium atoms. Some of the freed electrons (red dots) get accelerated inside a plasma bubble (white elliptical shape) created by an electron beam (green).

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Thomas Heinemann/University of Strathclyde

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