Multi-MeV ion production from high-intensity laser interactions with underdense plasmas

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 737-740

  Krushelnick, K ^a   Clark, E L ^a,d   Najmudin, Z ^a   Salvati, M ^a   Santala, M I K ^a   Tatarakis, M ^a   Dangor, A E ^a   Malka, V ^b   Neely, D ^c   Allott, R ^c   Danson, C ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d AWE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001249293     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.737     Document Type: Article

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