Characterization of high-intensity laser propagation in the relativistic transparent regime through measurements of energetic proton beams

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Willingale, L ^a,f   Nagel, S R ^a   Thomas, A G R ^a,f   Bellei, C ^a   Clarke, R J ^b   Dangor, A E ^a   Heathcote, R ^b   Kaluza, M C ^a,e   Kamperidis, C ^a   Kneip, S ^a   Krushelnick, K ^a,f   Lopes, N ^c   Mangles, S P D ^a   Nazarov, W ^d   Nilson, P M ^a,g   Najmudin, Z ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGETIC PROTONS; HIGH INTENSITIES; HIGH-INTENSITY LASERS; PROTON ACCELERATIONS; PROTON BEAM ENERGIES; REAR SURFACES;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; HOT ELECTRONS; LASERS; PROTON BEAMS; TARGETS;

PROTONS;

EID: 64049117157     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.125002     Document Type: Article

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