TNSA in the ultra-high contrast regime

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Ceccotti, T ^a   Levy A ^a   Reau F ^a   Popescu, H ^a,c   Monot, P ^a   Lefebvre, E ^b   Martin, Ph ^a  

^a CNRS UMR 3299   (France)

^b CEA DAM DIF   (France)

^c SYNCHROTRON SOLEIL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; ACCELERATION MECHANISMS; IRRADIATED SURFACE; LASER ENERGIES; STEEP GRADIENTS; ULTRA-HIGH;

LASERS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 67649207034     PISSN: 07413335     EISSN: 13616587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/50/12/124006     Document Type: Article

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