Proton spectra from ultraintense laser-plasma interaction with thin foils: Experiments, theory, and simulation

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3283-3289

  Alien, M ^a,c   Sentoku, Y ^b   Audebert, P ^d   Blazevic, A ^e   Cowan, T ^b,c   Fuchs, J ^d   Gauthier, J C ^d   Geissel, M ^e   Hegelich, M ^f   Karsch, S ^f   Morse, E ^a   Patel, P K ^c   Roth, M ^e  

^a Etcheverry Hall MCI 730   (United States)

^b GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^e DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; PROTONS; SPECTROMETERS;

LASER-PLASMA INTERACTION;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

EID: 0041976964     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1592154     Document Type: Article

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