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Ion acceleration regimes in underdense plasmas

  • Francesco Pegoraro
  • , Sergei V. Bulanov
  • , Francesco Califano
  • , Timur Zh Esirkepov
  • , Tatiana V. Lisejkina
  • , Natalia M. Naumova
  • , Hartmut Ruhl
  • , Vitali A. Vshivkov
  • University of Pisa

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Abstract

Acceleration of large populations of ions up to high (relativistic) energies may represent one of the most important and interesting tools that can be provided by the interaction of petawatt laser pulses with matter. In this paper, the basic mechanisms of ion acceleration by short laser pulses are studied in underdense plasmas. The ion acceleration does not originate directly from the pulse fields, but it is mediated by the electrons in the form of electrostatic fields originating from channeling, double layer formation, and Coulomb explosion.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1177-1183
Number of pages7
JournalIEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume28
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2000
Externally publishedYes

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