Intense ion beams accelerated by relativistic laser plasmas

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4510, Issue , 2001, Pages 52-57

  Roth, M ^a   Cowan, T E ^b   Gauthier, Jean Claude ^c   Allen, M ^b   Audebert, P ^c   Blazevic, A ^a   Fuchs, J ^c   Geissel, M ^a   Hegelich, M ^d   Karsch, S ^d   Meyer ter Vehn, J ^d   Pukhov, A ^d   Schlegel, T ^a  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser; Ion acceleration; Laser produced plasmas

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; KINETIC ENERGY; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; PROTONS; RADIOACTIVATION ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TARGETS;

TARGET NORMAL SHEATH ACCELERATION (TNSA) MECHANISMS;

ION BEAMS;

EID: 18644375371     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.451281     Document Type: Article

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