Multi-MeV Proton Source Investigations in Ultraintense Laser-Foil Interactions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 550031-550034

  Borghesi, M ^a   Mackinnon, A J ^b   Campbell, D H ^c   Hicks, D G ^b   Kar, S ^a   Patel, P K ^b   Price, D ^b   Romagnani, L ^a   Schiavi, A ^d   Willi, O ^e  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (OPTICAL); ELECTROFORMING; ERROR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PLASMAS; PROTON BEAMS; RADIOGRAPHY; SCATTERING;

ENERGY SPECTRUM; QUASILAMINAR EMISSIONS;

LASER BEAM EFFECTS;

EID: 5444225394     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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