Artificial collimation of fast-electron beams with two laser pulses

Robinson, A.P.L. and Sherlock, M. and Norreys, P.A. (2008) Artificial collimation of fast-electron beams with two laser pulses. Physical Review Letters, 100 (2). ISSN 1079-7114 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.025002)

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Abstract

A scheme for artificially collimating fast-electron beams produced in high intensity (>1019 Wcm2) laser-solid interactions is proposed. The scheme uses a laser pulse at the relativistic threshold (1018 Wcm2) that precedes the high intensity pulse to pregenerate a collimating magnetic field. This concept is supported by analytical calculations and numerical calculations performed using a novel hybrid-Vlasov-Fokker-Planck code called LEDA. This scheme may be highly useful for fast ignition inertial confinement fusion.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:19812
    Dates:
    Date
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    18 January 2008
    Published
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Strathprints Administrator
    Date deposited:25 May 2010 15:20
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 09:20
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/19812
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