Characterization of proton and heavier ion acceleration in ultrahigh-intensity laser interactions with heated target foils

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 3 2, 2004, Pages

  McKenna, P ^a   Ledingham, K W D ^a,f   Yang, J M ^a,g   Robson, L ^a,f   McCanny, T ^a   Shimizu, S ^a,h   Clarke, R J ^b   Neely, D ^b   Spohr, K ^c   Chapman, R ^c   Singhal, R P ^d   Krushelnick, K ^e   Wei, M S ^e   Norreys, P A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f AWE   (United Kingdom)

^g Research Center of Laser Fusion   (China)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IONIZATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; METAL FOIL; NUCLEAR ENERGY; RADIOISOTOPES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ENERGY SPECTRA; ION ACCELERATION; LASER INTERACTIONS; LASER SHOTS; NUCLEAR ACTIVATION;

PROTONS;

EID: 42749100412     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.70.036405     Document Type: Article

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