Making relativistic positrons using ultraintense short pulse lasers

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Hui ^a   Wilks, S C ^a   Bonlie, J D ^a   Chen, S N ^a   Cone, K V ^a   Elberson, L N ^a   Gregori, G ^b   Meyerhofer, D D ^c   Myatt, J ^c   Price, D F ^a   Schneider, M B ^a   Shepherd, R ^a   Stafford, D C ^a   Tommasini, R ^a   Van Maren, R ^a   Beiersdorfer, P ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE; GOLD TARGET; LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORIES; PETAWATT; POSITRON SOURCES; SHORT-PULSE LASERS;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRONS; ISOTOPES; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; TARGETS;

POSITRONS;

EID: 73849118617     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3271355     Document Type: Article

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