Multispecies ion acceleration off laser-irradiated water droplets

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Kemp, A J ^a   Ruhl, H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION ENERGY SPECTRUM; PARTICLE FLUX; PLASMA EXPANSION MODEL; WATER DROPLETS;

ACCELERATION; ANISOTROPY; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; IONS; ISOTHERMS; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLASMAS; PROTON BEAMS;

LASER BEAM EFFECTS;

EID: 17044370317     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1856933     Document Type: Article

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