Target charging effects on proton acceleration during high-intensity short-pulse laser-solid interactions

Beg, F. N. and Wei, M. S. and Dangor, A. E. and Gopal, A. and Tatarakis, M. and Krushelnick, K. and Gibbon, P. and Clark, E. L. and Evans, R. G. and Lancaster, K. L. and Norreys, P. A. and Ledingham, K. W.D. and McKenna, P. and Zepf, M. (2004) Target charging effects on proton acceleration during high-intensity short-pulse laser-solid interactions. Applied Physics Letters, 84 (15). pp. 2766-2768. ISSN 0003-6951 (https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1689748)

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Abstract

The observations of proton emission from wire targets, performed at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory were reported. The experiments were carried out by using the Chirped Pulsed Amplification beam line of VULCAN laser facility. It was observed that the presence of objects in the vicinity of the interaction had an effect on the angular emission pattern of protons from the primary targets. The results show that the objects in close proximity of the main target can become sheath formation on the secondary object.

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Beg, F. N., Wei, M. S., Dangor, A. E., Gopal, A., Tatarakis, M., Krushelnick, K., Gibbon, P., Clark, E. L., Evans, R. G., Lancaster, K. L., Norreys, P. A., Ledingham, K. W.D., McKenna, P. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8061-7091 and Zepf, M.;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:66975
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    12 April 2004
    Published
    27 January 2004
    Accepted
    Notes:This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 2766 (2004); and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1689748
    Keywords:radioactive decay, laser pulses, laser beam effects, plasma sheaths, aluminum foil, diffusion, radioisotopes, spectrum analysis, thin films, collimated beams, proton emission, Physics, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:14 Feb 2019 12:41
    Last modified:01 Nov 2023 11:09
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/66975
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