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Matter and Radiation at Extremes
Vol. 4, Issue 2, 24401 (2019)

Generation of twisted γ-ray radiation by nonlinear Thomson scattering of twisted light

Yue-Yue Chen^*, Karen Z. Hatsagortsyan, and Christoph H. Keitel

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Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany

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DOI: 10.1063/1.5086347 Cite this Article

Yue-Yue Chen, Karen Z. Hatsagortsyan, Christoph H. Keitel. Generation of twisted γ-ray radiation by nonlinear Thomson scattering of twisted light[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2019, 4(2): 24401 Copy Citation Text

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