Transport of energy by ultraintense laser-generated electrons in nail-wire targets

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 112702-

  Ma, T ^a,b   Key, M H ^b   Mason, R J ^c   Akli, K U ^d   Daskalova, R L ^e   Freeman, R R ^e   Green, J S ^f,g   Highbarger, K ^e   Jaanimagi, P A ^h   King, J A ^a   Lancaster, K L ^f   Hatchett, S P ^b   MacKinnon, A J ^b   MacPhee, A G ^b   Norreys, P A ^f,g   Patel, P K ^b   Stephens, R B ^d   Theobald, W ^h   Van Woerkom, L D ^e   Wei, M S ^a   Wilks, S C ^b   Beg, F N ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Research Applications Corporation   (United States)

^d GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Science and Technology Facilities Council   (United Kingdom)

^g IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL HEATING; BENT CRYSTALS; CONCENTRATION OF ENERGY; COPPER WIRES; COUPLING EFFICIENCY; DECAY LENGTH; ENERGY TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET; FAST ELECTRONS; HEMISPHERICAL HEADS; HIGHLY ORDERED PYROLYTIC GRAPHITES; INTENSE LASER; MAGNETIC TRAPPING; RESISTIVE HEATING; RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORIES; SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING; SURFACE TRANSPORT; THIN SURFACE LAYER; ULTRA-INTENSE LASERS; VULCAN LASER;

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; ELECTRON TEMPERATURE; GRAPHITE; HEATING; LASER DAMAGE; LASERS; TARGETS;

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EID: 71749084029     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3261810     Document Type: Article

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