Laser generated proton beam focusing and high temperature isochoric heating of solid matter

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Snavely, R A ^a   Zhang, B ^b   Akli, K ^b   Chen, Z ^c   Freeman, R R ^d   Gu, P ^d   Hatchett, S P ^a   Hey, D ^b   Hill, J ^d   Key, M H ^a   Izawa, Y ^c   King, J ^b   Kitagawa, Y ^c   Kodama, R ^c   Langdon, A B ^a   Lasinski, B F ^a   Lei, A ^c   MacKinnon, A J ^a   Patel, P ^a   Stephens, R ^e   Tampo, M ^c   Tanaka, K A ^c   Town, R ^a   Toyama, Y ^c   Tsutsumi, T ^c   Wilks, S C ^a   Yabuuchi, T ^c   Zheng, J ^c   more..

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER PULSES; LIGHT EMISSION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLASMA HEATING; PROTON TRANSFER; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ALUMINUM SHELLS; GEKKO PETAWATT LASERS; HOT PLASMA;

PROTON BEAMS;

EID: 34848870209     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2774001     Document Type: Article

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