One-dimensional simulations of ultrashort intense laser pulses on solid-density targets

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 788-795

  Lawson, William S ^a   Rambo, Peter W ^a   Larson, David J ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM FOIL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSTATICS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; IONS; KINETIC THEORY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLASMAS; PLASTICS;

COLLISIONLESS MECHANISM; ELECTROSTATIC CONFINEMENT; IONIZATION ENERGY; PARTICLE IN CELL METHOD; PONDEROMOTIVE FORCE; SOLID DENSITY TARGETS; TAYLOR INSTABILITY;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0031094671     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.872173     Document Type: Article

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