Tunable mega-ampere electron current propagation in solids by dynamic control of lattice melt

MacLellan, David and Carroll, David and Gray, Ross and Booth, Nicola and Burza, Matthias and Desjarlais, M. P. and Du, F and Neely, David and Powell, Haydn and Robinson, A.P.L. and Scott, Graeme Gordon and Yuan, Xiaohui and Wahlstrom, C. -G. and McKenna, Paul (2014) Tunable mega-ampere electron current propagation in solids by dynamic control of lattice melt. Physical Review Letters, 113 (18). 185001. ISSN 0031-9007

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    Abstract

    The influence of lattice-melt-induced resistivity gradients on the transport of mega-ampere currents of fast electrons in solids is investigated numerically and experimentally using laser-accelerated protons to induce isochoric heating. Tailoring the heating profile enables the resistive magnetic fields which strongly influence the current propagation to be manipulated. This tunable laser-driven process enables important fast electron beam properties, including the beam divergence, profile and symmetry, to be actively tailored, and without recourse to complex target manufacture.

    ORCID iDs

    MacLellan, David, Carroll, David, Gray, Ross ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0610-9595, Booth, Nicola, Burza, Matthias, Desjarlais, M. P., Du, F, Neely, David, Powell, Haydn, Robinson, A.P.L., Scott, Graeme Gordon, Yuan, Xiaohui, Wahlstrom, C. -G. and McKenna, Paul ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8061-7091;
    • Item type:Article
      ID code:49314
      Dates:
      Date
      Event
      31 October 2014
      Published
      8 September 2014
      Accepted
      Keywords:lattice-melt-induced resistivity gradients, mega-ampere currents, fast electrons, Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics
      Subjects:Science > Physics
      Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
      Depositing user: Pure Administrator
      Date deposited:22 Sep 2014 09:49
      Last modified:23 Sep 2021 04:40
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      URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/49314
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