Enabling pulse compression and proton acceleration in a modular ICF driver for nuclear and particle physics applications

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 558, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 430-436

  Terranova, F ^a   Bulanov, S V ^b,c   Collier, J L ^d   Kiriyama, H ^b   Pegoraro, F ^e  

^a INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Laser plasma interactions; OPCPA; Proton acceleration; Pulse compression

Indexed keywords

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LASER PULSES; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PLASMAS; PROTONS;

INERTIAL CONFINEMENT NUCLEAR FUSION (ICF); NEUTRON SPALLATION SOURCES;

FUSION REACTIONS;

EID: 33644538212     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2005.12.040     Document Type: Article

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