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Doherty A, Fourmaux S, Astolfo A, Ziesche R, Wood J, Finlay O, Stolp W, Batey D, Manke I, Légaré F, Boone M, Symes D, Najmudin Z, Endrizzi M, Olivo A, Cipiccia S. Femtosecond multimodal imaging with a laser-driven X-ray source. Commun Phys 2023; 6:288. [PMID: 38665412 PMCID: PMC11041725 DOI: 10.1038/s42005-023-01412-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Laser-plasma accelerators are compact linear accelerators based on the interaction of high-power lasers with plasma to form accelerating structures up to 1000 times smaller than standard radiofrequency cavities, and they come with an embedded X-ray source, namely betatron source, with unique properties: small source size and femtosecond pulse duration. A still unexplored possibility to exploit the betatron source comes from combining it with imaging methods able to encode multiple information like transmission and phase into a single-shot acquisition approach. In this work, we combine edge illumination-beam tracking (EI-BT) with a betatron X-ray source and present the demonstration of multimodal imaging (transmission, refraction, and scattering) with a compact light source down to the femtosecond timescale. The advantage of EI-BT is that it allows multimodal X-ray imaging technique, granting access to transmission, refraction and scattering signals from standard low-coherence laboratory X-ray sources in a single shot.
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- Adam Doherty
- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, 2 Malet Pl, London, WC1E 7JE UK
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique—Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Université du Québec, 1650 Lionel Boulet, Varennes, J3X 1P7 QC Canada
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, 2 Malet Pl, London, WC1E 7JE UK
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie Hahn Meitner Platz 1, 14109 Berlin, Germany
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- The John Adam Institute for Accelerator Science, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2BW UK
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- Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX UK
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- UGCT-RP, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Diamond Light Source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX UK
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie Hahn Meitner Platz 1, 14109 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique—Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications, Université du Québec, 1650 Lionel Boulet, Varennes, J3X 1P7 QC Canada
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- UGCT-RP, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Campus, Didcot, OX11 0QX UK
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- The John Adam Institute for Accelerator Science, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 2BW UK
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, 2 Malet Pl, London, WC1E 7JE UK
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, 2 Malet Pl, London, WC1E 7JE UK
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, 2 Malet Pl, London, WC1E 7JE UK
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Behm KT, Cole JM, Joglekar AS, Gerstmayr E, Wood JC, Baird CD, Blackburn TG, Duff M, Harvey C, Ilderton A, Kuschel S, Mangles SPD, Marklund M, McKenna P, Murphy CD, Najmudin Z, Poder K, Ridgers CP, Sarri G, Samarin GM, Symes D, Warwick J, Zepf M, Krushelnick K, Thomas AGR. A spectrometer for ultrashort gamma-ray pulses with photon energies greater than 10 MeV. Rev Sci Instrum 2018; 89:113303. [PMID: 30501337 DOI: 10.1063/1.5056248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2018] [Accepted: 10/16/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We present a design for a pixelated scintillator based gamma-ray spectrometer for non-linear inverse Compton scattering experiments. By colliding a laser wakefield accelerated electron beam with a tightly focused, intense laser pulse, gamma-ray photons up to 100 MeV energies and with few femtosecond duration may be produced. To measure the energy spectrum and angular distribution, a 33 × 47 array of cesium-iodide crystals was oriented such that the 47 crystal length axis was parallel to the gamma-ray beam and the 33 crystal length axis was oriented in the vertical direction. Using an iterative deconvolution method similar to the YOGI code, modeling of the scintillator response using GEANT4 and fitting to a quantum Monte Carlo calculated photon spectrum, we are able to extract the gamma ray spectra generated by the inverse Compton interaction.
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- K T Behm
- Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2099, USA
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- The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-41296 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom
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- York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- York Plasma Institute, Department of Physics, University of York, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, The Queen's University of Belfast, BT7 1NN Belfast, United Kingdom
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, The Queen's University of Belfast, BT7 1NN Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, The Queen's University of Belfast, BT7 1NN Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2099, USA
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- Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2099, USA
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Walker PA, Alesini PD, Alexandrova AS, Anania MP, Andreev NE, Andriyash I, Aschikhin A, Assmann RW, Audet T, Bacci A, Barna IF, Beaton A, Beck A, Beluze A, Bernhard A, Bielawski S, Bisesto FG, Boedewadt J, Brandi F, Bringer O, Brinkmann R, Bründermann E, Büscher M, Bussmann M, Bussolino GC, Chance A, Chanteloup JC, Chen M, Chiadroni E, Cianchi A, Clarke J, Cole J, Couprie ME, Croia M, Cros B, Dale J, Dattoli G, Delerue N, Delferriere O, Delinikolas P, Dias J, Dorda U, Ertel K, Ferran Pousa A, Ferrario M, Filippi F, Fils J, Fiorito R, Fonseca RA, Galimberti M, Gallo A, Garzella D, Gastinel P, Giove D, Giribono A, Gizzi LA, Grüner FJ, Habib AF, Haefner LC, Heinemann T, Hidding B, Holzer BJ, Hooker SM, Hosokai T, Irman A, Jaroszynski DA, Jaster-Merz S, Joshi C, Kaluza MC, Kando M, Karger OS, Karsch S, Khazanov E, Khikhlukha D, Knetsch A, Kocon D, Koester P, Kononenko O, Korn G, Kostyukov I, Labate L, Lechner C, Leemans WP, Lehrach A, Li FY, Li X, Libov V, Lifschitz A, Litvinenko V, Lu W, Maier AR, Malka V, Manahan GG, Mangles SPD, Marchetti B, Marocchino A, Martinez de la Ossa A, Martins JL, Massimo F, Mathieu F, Maynard G, Mehrling TJ, Molodozhentsev AY, Mosnier A, Mostacci A, Mueller AS, Najmudin Z, Nghiem PAP, Nguyen F, Niknejadi P, Osterhoff J, Papadopoulos D, Patrizi B, Pattathil R, Petrillo V, Pocsai MA, Poder K, Pompili R, Pribyl L, Pugacheva D, Romeo S, Rossi AR, Roussel E, Sahai AA, Scherkl P, Schramm U, Schroeder CB, Schwindling J, Scifo J, Serafini L, Sheng ZM, Silva LO, Silva T, Simon C, Sinha U, Specka A, Streeter MJV, Svystun EN, Symes D, Szwaj C, Tauscher G, Thomas AGR, Thompson N, Toci G, Tomassini P, Vaccarezza C, Vannini M, Vieira JM, Villa F, Wahlström CG, Walczak R, Weikum MK, Welsch CP, Wiemann C, Wolfenden J, Xia G, Yabashi M, Yu L, Zhu J, Zigler A. Horizon 2020 EuPRAXIA design study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/874/1/012029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Deas RM, Wilson LA, Rusby D, Alejo A, Allott R, Black PP, Black SE, Borghesi M, Brenner CM, Bryant J, Clarke RJ, Collier JC, Edwards B, Foster P, Greenhalgh J, Hernandez-Gomez C, Kar S, Lockley D, Moss RM, Najmudin Z, Pattathil R, Symes D, Whittle MD, Wood JC, McKenna P, Neely D. A laser driven pulsed X-ray backscatter technique for enhanced penetrative imaging. J Xray Sci Technol 2015; 23:791-797. [PMID: 26756414 DOI: 10.3233/xst-150520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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X-ray backscatter imaging can be used for a wide range of imaging applications, in particular for industrial inspection and portal security. Currently, the application of this imaging technique to the detection of landmines is limited due to the surrounding sand or soil strongly attenuating the 10s to 100s of keV X-rays required for backscatter imaging. Here, we introduce a new approach involving a 140 MeV short-pulse (< 100 fs) electron beam generated by laser wakefield acceleration to probe the sample, which produces Bremsstrahlung X-rays within the sample enabling greater depths to be imaged. A variety of detector and scintillator configurations are examined, with the best time response seen from an absorptive coated BaF2 scintillator with a bandpass filter to remove the slow scintillation emission components. An X-ray backscatter image of an array of different density and atomic number items is demonstrated. The use of a compact laser wakefield accelerator to generate the electron source, combined with the rapid development of more compact, efficient and higher repetition rate high power laser systems will make this system feasible for applications in the field. Content includes material subject to Dstl (c) Crown copyright (2014). Licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence except where otherwise stated. To view this licence, visit http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3 or write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: psi@ nationalarchives.gsi.gov.uk.
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- R M Deas
- Security Sciences Department, DSTL, Fort Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, UK
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- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Queens University of Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, UK
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- Security Sciences Department, DSTL, Fort Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, UK
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- Security Sciences Department, DSTL, Fort Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Queens University of Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, UK
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, UK
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- Innovations, STFC, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Queens University of Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Security Sciences Department, DSTL, Fort Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, UK
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- Security Sciences Department, DSTL, Fort Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, UK
- Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London, UK
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, UK
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- Security Sciences Department, DSTL, Fort Halstead, Sevenoaks, Kent, UK
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, UK
- SUPA Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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Sarri G, Corvan DJ, Schumaker W, Cole JM, Di Piazza A, Ahmed H, Harvey C, Keitel CH, Krushelnick K, Mangles SPD, Najmudin Z, Symes D, Thomas AGR, Yeung M, Zhao Z, Zepf M. Ultrahigh Brilliance Multi-MeV γ-Ray Beams from Nonlinear Relativistic Thomson Scattering. Phys Rev Lett 2014; 113:224801. [PMID: 25494074 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.224801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We report on the generation of a narrow divergence (θ_{γ}<2.5 mrad), multi-MeV (E_{max}≈18 MeV) and ultrahigh peak brilliance (>1.8×10^{20} photons s^{-1} mm^{-2} mrad^{-2} 0.1% BW) γ-ray beam from the scattering of an ultrarelativistic laser-wakefield accelerated electron beam in the field of a relativistically intense laser (dimensionless amplitude a_{0}≈2). The spectrum of the generated γ-ray beam is measured, with MeV resolution, seamlessly from 6 to 18 MeV, giving clear evidence of the onset of nonlinear relativistic Thomson scattering. To the best of our knowledge, this photon source has the highest peak brilliance in the multi-MeV regime ever reported in the literature.
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- G Sarri
- School of Mathematics and Physics, The Queen's University of Belfast, BT7 1NN Belfast, United Kingdom
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, The Queen's University of Belfast, BT7 1NN Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2099, USA
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- The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, The Queen's University of Belfast, BT7 1NN Belfast, United Kingdom
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, The Queen's University of Belfast, BT7 1NN Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2099, USA
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- The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2099, USA
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- Helmholtz Institute Jena, Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2099, USA
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, The Queen's University of Belfast, BT7 1NN Belfast, United Kingdom and Helmholtz Institute Jena, Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena, Germany
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Symes D. Putting the home computer to work. Health Soc Serv J 1985; 95:70-2. [PMID: 10270978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Symes D. Shuttle diplomacy can win support. Health Soc Serv J 1983; 93:1352. [PMID: 10266902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/13/2023]
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Symes D. A new concept in airway care. Nurs Times 1982; 78:1763-4. [PMID: 6924242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Symes D. First at the scene: the relief of pain at an accident. Entonox has proved to be a valuable and relatively safe analgesic. Nurs Times 1979; 75:1173. [PMID: 257429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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