Dual ion species plasma expansion from isotopically layered cryogenic targets

G. G. Scott; D. C. Carroll; S. Astbury; R. J. Clarke; C. Hernandez-Gomez; M. King; A. Alejo; I. Y. Arteaga; R. J. Dance; A. Higginson; S. Hook; G. Liao; H. Liu; S. R. Mirfayzi; D. R. Rusby; M. P. Selwood; C. Spindloe; M. K. Tolley; F. Wagner; E. Zemaityte; M. Borghesi; S. Kar; Y. Li; M. Roth; P. McKenna; D. Neely

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.204801

Dual ion species plasma expansion from isotopically layered cryogenic targets

G. G. Scott, D. C. Carroll, S. Astbury, R. J. Clarke, C. Hernandez-Gomez, M. King, A. Alejo, I. Y. Arteaga, R. J. Dance, A. Higginson, S. Hook, G. Liao, H. Liu, S. R. Mirfayzi, D. R. Rusby, M. P. Selwood, C. Spindloe, M. K. Tolley, F. Wagner, E. ZemaityteM. Borghesi, S. Kar, Y. Li, M. Roth, P. McKenna, D. Neely

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A dual ion species plasma expansion scheme from a novel target structure is introduced, in which a nanometer thick layer of pure deuterium exists as a buffer species at the target-vacuum interface of a hydrogen plasma. Modelling shows that by controlling the deuterium layer thickness, a composite H +/D+ ion beam can be produced by TNSA, with an adjustable ratio of ion densities, as high energy proton acceleration is suppressed by the acceleration of a spectrally peaked deuteron beam. Particle in cell modelling shows that a (4.3±0.7) MeV per nucleon deuteron beam is accelerated, in a directional cone of half angle 9◦ . Experimentally, this was investigated using state of the art cryogenic targetry and a spectrally peaked deuteron beam of (3.4±0.7) MeV per nucleon was measured in a cone of half angle 7-9◦ , whilst maintaining a significant TNSA proton component.

Original language	English
Number of pages	6
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	120
Issue number	20
Early online date	18 May 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.204801
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 18 May 2018

Keywords

dual ion species
plasma expansion
target vacuum interface
TNSA

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Scott, G. G., Carroll, D. C., Astbury, S., Clarke, R. J., Hernandez-Gomez, C., King, M., Alejo, A., Arteaga, I. Y., Dance, R. J., Higginson, A., Hook, S., Liao, G., Liu, H., Mirfayzi, S. R., Rusby, D. R., Selwood, M. P., Spindloe, C., Tolley, M. K., Wagner, F., ... Neely, D. (2018). Dual ion species plasma expansion from isotopically layered cryogenic targets. Physical Review Letters, 120(20). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.204801

Scott, G. G. ; Carroll, D. C. ; Astbury, S. ; Clarke, R. J. ; Hernandez-Gomez, C. ; King, M. ; Alejo, A. ; Arteaga, I. Y. ; Dance, R. J. ; Higginson, A. ; Hook, S. ; Liao, G. ; Liu, H. ; Mirfayzi, S. R. ; Rusby, D. R. ; Selwood, M. P. ; Spindloe, C. ; Tolley, M. K. ; Wagner, F. ; Zemaityte, E. ; Borghesi, M. ; Kar, S. ; Li, Y. ; Roth, M. ; McKenna, P. ; Neely, D. / Dual ion species plasma expansion from isotopically layered cryogenic targets. In: Physical Review Letters. 2018 ; Vol. 120, No. 20.

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