Photonuclear physics when a multiterawatt laser pulse interacts with solid targets

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 899-902

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

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EID: 0001202004     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.899     Document Type: Article

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