Generation of picosecond high-density ion fluxes by skin-layer laser-plasma interaction

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-147

  Badziak, J ^a   GLowacz S ^a   JabLonski S ^a   Parys, P ^a   WoLowski J ^a   Hora, H ^b  

^a SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ion fluxes; Laser; Picosecond pulses; Plasma

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; FLUXES; HYDRODYNAMICS; IONS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TARGETS;

ION FLUXES; PHYSICAL MODEL; PICOSECOND PULSES; PLANAR GEOMETRY;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 21644452369     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034605050238     Document Type: Article

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