Angular distributions of fast electrons, ions, and bremsstrahlung x/γ-rays in intense laser interaction with solid targets

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 25, 2000, Pages 5340-5343

  Sheng, Z M ^a   Sentoku, Y ^a   Mima, K ^a   Zhang, J ^b   Yu, W ^c   Meyer ter Vehn, J ^d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; IONS; KINETIC ENERGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTIONS; COULOMB POTENTIAL CHANGES; FAST ELECTRONS; PARTICLE IN CELL SIMULATIONS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 0034499970     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.5340     Document Type: Article

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