Ponderomotive acceleration of ions: Circular versus linear polarization

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4 PART 4, 2008, Pages 1866-1871

  Liseikina, Tatiana V ^a,b,c   Prellino, Domenico ^a,d   Cornolti, Fulvio ^a   Macchi, Andrea ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES   (Russian Federation)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^e INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

Circular polarization (CP); Ion acceleration; Laser plasma accelerators; Ponderomotive force (PF); Radiation pressure acceleration (RPA)

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ATOMS; ELECTROLYSIS; KETONES; LASER PULSES; LASERS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MECHANISMS; POWER GENERATION; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; QUENCHING;

CIRCULAR POLARIZATION (CP); CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; COMPETING MECHANISMS; FAST ELECTRON GENERATION; FAST ELECTRONS; HIGH-ENERGY IONS; ION ACCELERATION; ION ACCELERATIONS; LASER AND PLASMA; LASER-PLASMA ACCELERATORS; LASER-SOLID INTERACTIONS; LINEAR POLARIZATION; LINEARLY POLARIZED; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; PONDEROMOTIVE ACCELERATION; PONDEROMOTIVE EFFECTS; PONDEROMOTIVE FORCE (PF); RADIATION PRESSURE ACCELERATION (RPA); RADIATION PRESSURES; SURFACE RIPPLING; TARGET-NORMAL SHEATH ACCELERATION;

IONS;

EID: 50249179844     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.927141     Document Type: Article

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