EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS OF HOT-ELECTRONS GENERATED BY ULTRAINTENSE (GREATER-THAN-10(19) W CM(2)) LASER-PLASMA INTERACTIONS ON SOLID-DENSITY TARGETS/

Authors
WHARTON KB HATCHETT SP WILKS SC KEY MH MOODY JD YANOVSKY V OFFENBERGER AA HAMMEL BA PERRY MD JOSHI C
Citation
Kb. Wharton et al., EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS OF HOT-ELECTRONS GENERATED BY ULTRAINTENSE (GREATER-THAN-10(19) W CM(2)) LASER-PLASMA INTERACTIONS ON SOLID-DENSITY TARGETS/, Physical review letters, 81(4), 1998, pp. 822-825
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
81
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
822 - 825
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1998)81:4<822:EMOHGB>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We present the first in-target measurements of the electrons produced by an ultraintense (I > 10(19) W/cm(2)) laser pulse incident on a mass ive solid target. Total conversion efficiency, mean electron energy, a nd electron cone-angle measurements are presented. A relationship betw een the target material and the mean electron energy is also discussed . [S0031-9007(98)06709-X].