Magnetic reconnection and plasma dynamics in two-beam laser-solid interactions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 25, 2006, Pages

  Nilson, P M ^a   Willingale, L ^a   Kaluza, M C ^a,e   Kamperidis, C ^a   Minardi, S ^b   Wei, M S ^a,f   Fernandes, P ^a   Notley, M ^c   Bandyopadhyay, S ^c   Sherlock, M ^c   Kingham, R J ^a   Tatarakis, M ^b   Najmudin, Z ^a   Rozmus, W ^d   Evans, R G ^c   Haines, M G ^a   Dangor, A E ^a   Krushelnick, K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e Institute of Optics and Quantum Electronics   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PROTONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

LASER SOLID INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIC RECONNECTION; PLASMA DYNAMICS; PROTON GRID DEFLECTOMETRY;

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 33845642100     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.255001     Document Type: Article

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