Review of ultrafast ion acceleration experiments in laser plasma at Max Born Institute

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 347-363

  Nickles, P V ^a   Ter Avetisyan, S ^a   Schnurer M ^a   Sokollik, T ^a   Sandner, W ^a   Schreiber, J ^b   Hilscher, D ^c   Jahnke, U ^c   Andreev, A ^d   Tikhonchuk, V ^e  

^a MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d VAVILOV STATE OPTICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^e CENTRE LASERS INTENSES ET APPLICATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

Ion acceleration; Laser plasma; Laser plasma dynamics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; LASER APPLICATIONS; PLASMA FLOW; POSITRONS;

ION ACCELERATION; LASER-PLASMA DYNAMICS;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 34548312118     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034607000225     Document Type: Conference Paper

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