Neutron production by fast protons from ultraintense laser-plasma interactions

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 6912-6918

  Yang, J M ^a,f   McKenna, P ^a   Ledingham, K W D ^a,b   McCanny, T ^a   Robson, L ^a,b   Shimizu, S ^a,g   Singhal, R P ^c   Wei, M S ^d   Krushelnick, K ^d   Clarke, R J ^e   Neely, D ^e   Norreys, P A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b AWE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

^f Research Center of Laser Fusion   (China)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; BORON; FISSION REACTIONS; LASER BEAMS; PROTONS; ZINC;

ENERGY SPECTRUM; LASER SOLID INTERACTIONS; PLASMA PARAMETERS; WASTE NUCLEI;

NEUTRON SOURCES;

EID: 27144467934     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1814421     Document Type: Article

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