Energetic protons generated by ultrahigh contrast laser pulses interacting with ultrathin targets

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Antici, P ^a,b   Fuchs, J ^a   D'Humieres E ^a,c,d   Lefebvre, E ^d   Borghesi, M ^e   Brambrink, E ^a   Cecchetti, C A ^e   Gaillard, S ^c   Romagnani, L ^a   Sentoku, Y ^c   Toncian, T ^f   Willi, O ^f   Audebert, P ^a   Pepin H ^g  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d CEA DIF   (France)

^e QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^f HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g INRS EMT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST RATIO; ENERGETIC PROTONS; TARGET EXPANSION; ULTRATHIN TARGETS;

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRRADIATION; LASER PULSES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

PROTONS;

EID: 34047103996     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2480610     Document Type: Article

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