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Richard Shanks
Researcher at University of Strathclyde
Publications - 42
Citations - 1558
Richard Shanks is an academic researcher from University of Strathclyde. The author has contributed to research in topics: Laser & Plasma acceleration. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 41 publications receiving 1370 citations. Previous affiliations of Richard Shanks include Massachusetts Institute of Technology & University of Glasgow.
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A compact synchrotron radiation source driven by a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator
Hans-Peter Schlenvoigt,K. Haupt,Alexander Debus,F. Budde,O. Jäckel,Sebastian M. Pfotenhauer,Heinrich Schwoerer,Heinrich Schwoerer,Erich G. Rohwer,J. G. Gallacher,Enrico Brunetti,Richard Shanks,Sally Wiggins,Dino A. Jaroszynski +13 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the first successful combination of a laser-plasma wakefield accelerator with an undulator to generate visible synchrotron radiation was demonstrated, and the authors showed the potential for ultracompact and versatile laser-based radiation sources from the infrared to X-ray energies.
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Gamma-rays from harmonically resonant betatron oscillations in a plasma wake
Silvia Cipiccia,M. R. Islam,Bernhard Ersfeld,Richard Shanks,Enrico Brunetti,Gregory Vieux,X. Yang,Riju C. Issac,S. M. Wiggins,Gregor H. Welsh,Maria Pia Anania,Dzmitry Maneuski,R. A. Montgomery,G. D. Smith,M. Hoek,David Hamilton,Nuno Lemos,Dan Symes,P. P. Rajeev,Val O. Shea,João Dias,Dino A. Jaroszynski +21 more
TL;DR: The radiation produced when an intense laser interacts with a solid target could provide a cheaper source of X-rays to synchrotrons and free-electron lasers.
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Low Emittance, High Brilliance Relativistic Electron Beams from a Laser-Plasma Accelerator
Enrico Brunetti,Richard Shanks,Grace Manahan,M. R. Islam,Bernhard Ersfeld,Maria Pia Anania,Silvia Cipiccia,Riju C. Issac,Gaurav Raj,Gregory Vieux,Gregor H. Welsh,Sally Wiggins,Dino A. Jaroszynski +12 more
TL;DR: Progress in laser wakefield accelerators indicates their suitability as a driver of compact free-electron lasers (FELs) and a peak transverse brightness of 5×10¹⁵ A m⁽¹ rad⁻¹ makes it suitable for compact XUV FELs.
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High quality electron beams from a laser wakefield accelerator
S. M. Wiggins,Richard Shanks,Riju C. Issac,Gregor H. Welsh,Maria Pia Anania,Enrico Brunetti,Gregory Vieux,Silvia Cipiccia,Bernhard Ersfeld,M. R. Islam,R. T. L. Burgess,Grace Manahan,Constantin Aniculaesei,W. A. Gillespie,A. M. MacLeod,Dino A. Jaroszynski +15 more
TL;DR: Very stable, high quality electron beams (current ∼ 10 kA, energy spread < 1%, emittance ∼ 1π mm mrad) have been generated in a laser-plasma accelerator driven by 25 TW femtosecond laser pulses as mentioned in this paper.
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Orogen-scale uplift in the central Italian Apennines drives episodic behaviour of earthquake faults.
Patience A. Cowie,Richard J. Phillips,Gerald P. Roberts,Ken McCaffrey,Leo Zijerveld,L. C. Gregory,J. Faure Walker,Luke N J Wedmore,Luke N J Wedmore,Tibor J. Dunai,Tibor J. Dunai,Steven A. Binnie,Stewart P.H.T. Freeman,Klaus M. Wilcken,Richard Shanks,Ritske S. Huismans,Ioannis Papanikolaou,Alessandro Maria Michetti,M. W. Wilkinson +18 more
TL;DR: This work constrain fault slip-rates since ~18 ka using variations in cosmogenic 36Cl measured on bedrock scarps, mapped using LiDAR and ground penetrating radar, and compares these rates to those inferred from geodesy to reveal that individual faults typically accumulate meters of displacement relatively rapidly over several thousand years.