Energetic proton production from relativistic laser interaction with high density plasmas

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 2055-2061

  Krushelnick, K ^a   Clark, E L ^a,b,c   Zepf, M ^a   Davies, J R ^d   Beg, F N ^a   Machacek, A ^e   Santala, M I K ^a   Tatarakis, M ^a   Watts, I ^a   Norreys, P A ^f   Dangor, A E ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AWE   (United Kingdom)

^c Instituto Superior Tecnico ^*

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85011461862     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: 10897674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.874027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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