Inhibition of fast electron energy deposition due to preplasma filling of cone-attached targets

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Baton, S D ^a   Koenig, M ^a   Fuchs, J ^a   Benuzzi Mounaix, A ^a   Guillou, P ^a   Loupias, B ^a   Vinci, T ^a   Gremillet, L ^b   Rousseaux, C ^b   Drouin, M ^b   Lefebvre, E ^b   Dorchies, F ^c   Fourment, C ^c   Santos, J J ^c   Batani, D ^d   Morace, A ^d   Redaelli, R ^d   Nakatsutsumi, M ^e   Kodama, R ^e   Nishida, A ^e   Ozaki, N ^e   Norimatsu, T ^e   Aglitskiy, Y ^f   Atzeni, S ^g   Schiavi, A ^g   more..

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^g SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; LASER PULSES; NUMERICAL METHODS; WAVELENGTH;

CONICAL GEOMETRY; ENERGY FLUX; LASER WAVELENGTH; PREPLASMA;

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS;

EID: 42949085764     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2903054     Document Type: Article

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