Integrated simulation of the generation and transport of proton beams from laser-target interaction

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Welch, D R ^a   Rose, D V ^a   Cuneo, M E ^b   Campbell, R B ^b   Mehlhorn, T A ^b  

^a VOSS SCIENTIFIC   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS; ELECTRON PRODUCTION; LASER-PLASMA INTERACTIONS; LASER-TARGET INTERACTION;

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELECTRONS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; PLASMA ACCELERATORS;

PROTON BEAMS;

EID: 33745700509     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2207587     Document Type: Article

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