Enhanced laser ion acceleration from mass-limited targets

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-234

  Limpouch, J ^a   Psikal, J ^a   Andreev, A A ^b   Platonov, K Yu ^b   Kawata, S ^c  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE FOR LASER PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

2D3V PIC code; Droplet targets; Foil section; Relativistic laser intensities; Target normal sheath acceleration

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; CHARGED PARTICLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; GEOMETRY; LASER BEAMS; LASERS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; TARGETS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; WAVES;

(2+1) DIMENSIONS; (E ,3E) PROCESS; ACCELERATED IONS; ANALYTICAL ESTIMATES; BEAM DIAMETERS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY; DIPOLE RADIATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM); ELECTRON CONCENTRATIONS; ENERGY LOSSES; FAST IONS; IN-CELL; INTERACTION ZONE; ION ACCELERATIONS; ION ENERGIES; LASER ENERGIES; LASER INTERACTIONS; LASER ION ACCELERATION; MASS-LIMITED; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; SIMULATION RESULTS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D); VELOCITY COMPONENTS;

IONS;

EID: 45749150382     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034608000268     Document Type: Article

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