Impulsive electric fields driven by high-intensity laser matter interactions

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 161-167

  Borghesi, M ^a   Kar, S ^a   Romagnani, L ^a,c   Toncian, T ^c   Antici, P ^c   Audebert, P ^c   Brambrink, E ^c   Ceccherini, F ^d   Cecchetti, C A ^a   Fuchs, J ^c   Galimberti, M ^e   Gizzi, L A ^e   Grismayer, T ^f   Lyseikina, T ^d   Jung, R ^b   Macchi, A ^d   Mora, P ^f   Osterholtz, J ^b   Schiavi, A ^g   Willi, O ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e AREA DELLA RICERCA   (Italy)

^f CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

High intensity laser matter interaction; Hot electron dynamics; Ion acceleration; Ion focusing; Proton probing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON ENERGY ANALYZERS; FOCUSED ION BEAMS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

DEBYE SHEATH FORMATION; MEV ION FRONT EXPANSION; PONDEROMOTIVE CHANNELING; UNDERDENSE PLASMAS;

LASER PULSES;

EID: 33947400649     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034607070218     Document Type: Article

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