Ion acceleration with ultrafast laser driven water droplets

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 337-343

  Schnurer M ^a   Ter Avetisyan, S ^a   Busch, S ^a   Risse, E ^a   Kalachnikov, M P ^a   Sandner, W ^a   Nickles, P V ^a  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ion acceleration; Laser plasma; Laser plasma dynamics

Indexed keywords

ION ACCELERATIONS; LASER-PLASMA DYNAMICS;

ACCELERATION; IONS; KINETIC ENERGY; LASER BEAMS; LASER PULSES; PROTONS;

FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 25644442386     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034605050482     Document Type: Article

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