Ultralow emittance, multi-MeV proton beams from a laser virtual-cathode plasma accelerator

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 20, 2004, Pages

  Cowan, T E ^a,i   Fuchs, J ^a,b,i   Ruhl, H ^a,i   Kemp, A ^a,i   Audebert, P ^b   Roth, M ^c   Stephens, R ^a   Barton, I ^a   Blazevic, A ^c   Brambrink, E ^c   Cobble, J ^d   Fernandez J ^d   Gauthier, J C ^b   Geissel, M ^c   Hegelich, M ^d,e   Kaae, J ^a   Karsch, S ^e   Le Sage, G P ^f   Letzring, S ^d   Manclossi, M ^g   Meyroneinc, S ^h   Newkirk, A ^a   Pepin H ^b   Renard LeGalloudec, N ⁱ   more..

^a GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^f LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^h Ctr de Protontherapie d'Orsay   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY (OPTICAL); ELECTRIC FIELDS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; ION BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ION BEAMS; IONIZATION; IRRADIATION; LAMINAR FLOW; PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PROTON IRRADIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; THEOREM PROVING; TURBULENCE;

LASER VIRTUAL-CATHODE PLASMA ACCELERATORS; PROTON ENERGIES; ULTRAFLOW EMITTANCE; ULTRAINTENSE LASERS;

PROTON BEAMS;

EID: 18544403367     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.204801     Document Type: Article

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