Novel techniques of laser acceleration: From structures to plasmas

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 364, Issue 1840, 2006, Pages 725-740

  Kalmykov, S ^a   Polomarov, O ^a   Korobkin, D ^a   Otwinowski, J ^a   Power, J ^b   Shvets, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced accelerators; Plasma heatwave accelerator; SiC; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645307992     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2005.1734     Document Type: Article

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