Origin of protons accelerated by an intense laser and the dependence of their energy on the plasma density

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 2 2, 2003, Pages 264031-2640310

  Nakamura, Takashi ^a   Kawata, Shigeo ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IRRADIATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; PLASMA DENSITY; PROTON BEAMS;

SLAB PLASMA;

PROTONS;

EID: 0038396102     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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