Numerical modeling of fast electron transport in short pulse laser-solid interactions with long scale-length pre-formed plasma

Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Paradkar, B S ^a   Wei, M S ^a   Yabuuchi, T ^a   Stephens, R B ^b   Larsen, J T ^c   Beg, F N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b GENERAL ATOMICS   (United States)

^c Cascade Applied Sciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC FIELD; FAST ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FAST ELECTRONS; HYBRID PARTICLES; IN-CELL; LONG PULSE LASER; LOW ENERGIES; MECHANISM OF FORMATION; NUMERICAL MODELING; PLASMA BOUNDARY; RADIATION HYDRODYNAMICS; REFLUXING; RING STRUCTURES; SHORT-PULSE LASERS; SOLID TARGETS; X-RAY EMISSION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ION BEAMS; NEUTRON EMISSION; NUMERICAL METHODS; X RAY SCATTERING;

PLASMAS;

EID: 78649991391     PISSN: 07413335     EISSN: 13616587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0741-3335/52/12/125003     Document Type: Article

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