Analytical description of rippling effect and ion acceleration in plasma produced by a short laser pulse

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-25

  Glowacz, S ^a,b,c   Hora, H ^c   Badziak, J ^a   Jablonski, S ^a,b   Cang, Yu ^b,d   Osman, F ^b  

^a SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Acceleration of plasma blocks; Density rippling; Laser beam smoothing; Laser plasma interaction; Nonlinear (ponderomotive) force; Suppression of density rippling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ION BEAMS; LASER PULSES; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; SKIN EFFECT;

ACCELERATION OF PLASMA BLOCKS; DENSITY RIPPLING; LASER BEAM SMOOTHING; LASER PLASMA INTERACTION; NONLINEAR (PONDEROMOTIVE) FORCE; SUPPRESSION OF DENSITY RIPPLING;

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

EID: 33644881891     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034606060046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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