Nuclear reactions in copper induced by protons from a petawatt laser-foil interaction

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 675-677

  Yang, J M ^a,b   McKenna, P ^a   Ledingham, K W D ^a,c   McCanny, T ^a   Shimizu, S ^a   Robson, L ^a   Clarke, R J ^d   Neely, D ^d   Norreys, P A ^d   Wei, M S ^e   Krushelnick, K ^e   Nilson, P ^e   Mangles, S P D ^e   Singhal, R P ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Research Center of Laser Fusion   (China)

^c AWE   (United Kingdom)

^d Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; COPPER; ISOTOPES; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA THEORY; PROTON BEAMS;

ENERGY SPECTRUM; LASER-FOIL INTERACTIONS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS;

NUCLEAR PHYSICS;

EID: 10744227748     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1645314     Document Type: Article

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