Ion acceleration in overdense plasma by short laser pulse

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 175-181

  Shorokhov, O ^a   Pukhov, A ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ion acceleration; Laser plasma interaction; Relativistic effects

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROSTATICS; HEAVY IONS; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHOCK WAVES; VECTORS;

ION ACCELERATION; LASER-PLASMA INTERACTION; PLASMA WAVE STRUCTURE; RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 3342987427     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034604222133     Document Type: Conference Paper

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