High quality GeV proton beams f̈rom a density-modulated foil target

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 611-617

  Yu, T P ^a,b   Chen, M ^a   Pukhov, A ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Circularly polarized laser; PIC simulation; Quasi monoenergetic proton beam

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED LASERS; ELECTRON HEATING; FOIL TARGET; GAUSSIAN LASERS; HIGH QUALITY; LASER INTENSITIES; MONOENERGETIC; MONOENERGETIC PROTONS; PARTICLE-IN-CELL SIMULATIONS; PEAK ENERGY; PIC SIMULATION; PROTON ACCELERATION; TARGET DENSITY;

ENERGY CONVERSION; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; LASER RESONATORS; PARTICLE BEAM DYNAMICS; PROTON BEAMS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; TARGETS;

PROTONS;

EID: 74149083447     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034609990334     Document Type: Article

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