Dense electron-positron plasmas and ultraintense γ rays from laser-irradiated solids

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 108, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Ridgers, C P ^a,b   Brady, C S ^c   Duclous, R ^d   Kirk, J G ^e   Bennett, K ^c   Arber, T D ^c   Robinson, A P L ^b   Bell, A R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Science and Technology Facilities Council   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d DIF   (France)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON-POSITRON PLASMA; HIGH ENERGY; LASER ENERGIES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PLASMA PHYSICS; POSITRON DENSITY;

POSITRONS;

PLASMAS;

EID: 84860135232     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.165006     Document Type: Article

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