Laser acceleration of monoenergetic protons via a double layer emerging from an ultra-thin foil

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Eliasson, Bengt ^a,b   Liu, Chuan S ^c   Shao, Xi ^c   Sagdeev, Roald Z ^c   Shukla, Padma K ^b,d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c University of Maryland   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED FRAMES; ANALYTIC THEORY; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CANCER TREATMENT; DOUBLE LAYERS; FOIL THICKNESS; INDUCED SPACES; INERTIAL FORCES; ION DYNAMICS; ION ENERGIES; LASER ACCELERATION; LASER INTENSITIES; LASER IRRADIATIONS; LASER LIGHTS; MONOENERGETIC; MONOENERGETIC PROTONS; NUMBER DENSITY; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PONDEROMOTIVE FORCES; THIN FOIL; TRAPPED ION; ULTRA-THIN; VLASOV SIMULATION;

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE; LASER THEORY; PROTONS;

IONS;

EID: 67651238170     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/7/073006     Document Type: Article

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