Isolated proton bunch acceleration by a petawatt laser pulse

oleh: P. Hilz, T. M. Ostermayr, A. Huebl, V. Bagnoud, B. Borm, M. Bussmann, M. Gallei, J. Gebhard, D. Haffa, J. Hartmann, T. Kluge, F. H. Lindner, P. Neumayr, C. G. Schaefer, U. Schramm, P. G. Thirolf, T .F. Rösch, F. Wagner, B. Zielbauer, J. Schreiber

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-01-01

Deskripsi

Monoenergetic proton beams can be useful in many applications but their generation from laser irradiation of targets is challenging. Here the authors demonstrate a laser-accelerated proton bunch with improved density and energy resolution by using a refined target.