Relativistic laser piston model: Ponderomotive ion acceleration in dense plasmas using ultraintense laser pulses

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Schlegel, T ^a   Naumova, N ^b   Tikhonchuk, V T ^c   Labaune, C ^d   Sokolov, I V ^e   Mourou, G ^b  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CENTRE LASERS INTENSES ET APPLICATIONS   (France)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED IONS; CHARGE NEUTRALITY; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LASER PULSE; COOLING EFFECTS; DENSE PLASMA; DOUBLE LAYER STRUCTURE; ENERGY SPECTRA; HIGH-FREQUENCY RADIATION; ION ACCELERATIONS; ION CHARGE; ION DENSITY; LASER BEAM PROPAGATION; LASER INTENSITIES; LASER PONDEROMOTIVE FORCE; LASER WAVES; NON-STATIONARY EFFECTS; OVERDENSE PLASMA; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; PISTON VELOCITY; QUASISTATIONARY MODEL; RADIATION PRESSURE; SUPER-HIGH INTENSITY; ULTRAINTENSE LASER PULSE;

CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE; IONS; LASER PULSES; LASERS; PLASMAS; SIMULATORS; SPECTROSCOPY; TURBULENT FLOW;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 69849107400     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3196845     Document Type: Article

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