Buffered high charge spectrally-peaked proton beams in the relativistic-transparency regime

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Dover, N P and Palmer, C A J and Streeter, M J V and Ahmed, H and Albertazzi, B and Borghesi, M and Carroll, D C and Fuchs, J and Heathcote, R and Hilz, P and Kakolee, K F and Kar, S and Kodama, R. and Kon, A and MacLellan, D A and McKenna, P and Nagel, S R and Neely, D and Notley, M M and Nakatsutsumi, M and Prasad, R and Scott, G and Tampo, M and Zepf, M and Schreiber, J and Najmudin, Z (2016) Buffered high charge spectrally-peaked proton beams in the relativistic-transparency regime. New Journal of Physics, 18. 013038. ISSN 1367-2630 (https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/1/013038)

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Abstract

Spectrally-peaked proton beams of high charge (Ep » 8 MeV, DE » 4 MeV, N » 50 nC ) have been observed from the interaction of an intense laser (>1019 W cm−2) with ultrathin CH foils, as measured by spectrally-resolved full beam profiles. These beams are reproducibly generated for foil thicknesses 5–100 nm, and exhibit narrowing divergence with decreasing target thickness down to »8 for 5 nm. Simulations demonstrate that the narrow energy spread feature is a result of buffered acceleration of protons. The radiation pressure at the front of the target results in asymmetric sheath fields which permeate throughout the target, causing preferential forward acceleration. Due to their higher charge- to-mass ratio, the protons outrun a carbon plasma driven in the relativistic transparency regime.

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Dover, N P, Palmer, C A J, Streeter, M J V, Ahmed, H, Albertazzi, B, Borghesi, M, Carroll, D C, Fuchs, J, Heathcote, R, Hilz, P, Kakolee, K F, Kar, S, Kodama, R., Kon, A, MacLellan, D A, McKenna, P ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8061-7091, Nagel, S R, Neely, D, Notley, M M, Nakatsutsumi, M, Prasad, R, Scott, G, Tampo, M, Zepf, M, Schreiber, J and Najmudin, Z;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:55397
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    18 January 2016
    Published
    15 December 2015
    Accepted
    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:28 Jan 2016 16:02
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 11:18
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/55397
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