FAST-ION PRODUCTION BY LASER FILAMENTATION IN LASER-PRODUCED PLASMAS

Authors
YOUNG PE GUETHLEIN G WILKS SC HAMMER JH KRUER WL ESTABROOK KG
Citation
Pe. Young et al., FAST-ION PRODUCTION BY LASER FILAMENTATION IN LASER-PRODUCED PLASMAS, Physical review letters, 76(17), 1996, pp. 3128-3131
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
76
Issue
17
Year of publication
1996
Pages
3128 - 3131
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1996)76:17<3128:FPBLFI>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Production of protons with energies of similar to 20 keV have been obs erved to originate from the interaction of a high intensity laser with a preformed underdense plasma. The energy and distribution of ions ar e explained by acceleration by the ponderomotive force resulting from filamentation.