Effect of self-generated magnetic fields on fast-electron beam divergence in solid targets

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Yuan, X H ^a,f   Robinson, A P L ^b   Quinn, M N ^a   Carroll, D C ^a   Borghesi, M ^c   Clarke, R J ^b   Evans, R G ^b,d   Fuchs, J ^e   Gallegos, P ^a,b   Lancia, L ^e   Neely, D ^b   Quinn, K ^c   Romagnani, L ^c   Sarri, G ^c   Wilson, P A ^c   McKenna, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Harwell Campus   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^f XI AN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND PRECISION MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON DENSITIES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FAST ELECTRON BEAM; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; PICOSECOND LASER PULSE; PROTON ENERGY; REAR SURFACES; REFLUXING; SOLID TARGETS; THIN TARGET;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; PROTONS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

TARGETS;

EID: 77953559109     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/12/6/063018     Document Type: Article

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