High energy and high brightness laser compton backscattering gamma-ray source at IHEP

Guang-Peng An; Yun-Long Chi; Yong-Le Dang; Guang-Yong Fu; Bing Guo; Yong-Sheng Huang; Chuang-Ye He; Xiang-Cheng Kong; Xiao-Fei Lan; Jia-Cai Li; Fu-Long Liu; Jin-Shui Shi; Xian-Jing Sun; Yi Wang; Jian-Li Wang; Lin Wang; Yuan-Yuan Wei; Gang Wu; Guang-Lei Xu; Xiao-Feng Xi; Guo-Jun Yang; Chun-Lei Zhang; Zhuo Zhang; Zhi-Peng Zheng; Xiao-Ding Zhang; Shao-Ping Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.mre.2018.01.005

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