Observation of a highly directional γ-ray beam from ultrashort, ultraintense laser pulse interactions with solids

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 6, Issue 5 I, 1999, Pages 2150-2156

  Norreys, P A ^a   Santala, M ^b   Clark, E ^b   Zepf, M ^b   Watts, I ^b   Beg, F N ^b   Krushelnick, K ^b   Tatarakis, M ^b   Dangor, A E ^b   Fang, X ^c   Graham, P ^c   McCanny, T ^c   Singhal, R P ^c   Ledingham, K W D ^c   Creswell, A ^d   Sanderson, D C W ^d   Magill, J ^e   Machacek, A ^f   Wark, J S ^f   Allott, R ^a   Kennedy, B ^a   Neely, D ^a   more..

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000760418     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.873466     Document Type: Article

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