Injection and transport properties of fast electrons in ultraintense laser-solid interactions

M. Coury; D. C. Carroll; A. P. L. Robinson; X. H. Yuan; C. M. Brenner; M. Burza; R. J. Gray; K. L. Lancaster; Y. T. Li; X. X. Lin; D. A. MacLellan; H. Powell; M. N. Quinn; O. Tresca; C. -G. Wahlstrom; D. Neely; P. McKenna

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Injection and transport properties of fast electrons in ultraintense laser-solid interactions

M. Coury, D. C. Carroll, A. P. L. Robinson, X. H. Yuan, C. M. Brenner, M. Burza, R. J. Gray, K. L. Lancaster, Y. T. Li, X. X. Lin, D. A. MacLellan, H. Powell, M. N. Quinn, O. Tresca, C. -G. Wahlstrom, D. Neely, P. McKenna

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Fast electron injection and transport in solid foils irradiated by sub-picosecond-duration laser pulses with peak intensity equal to 4 x 10(20)W/cm(2) is investigated experimentally and via 3D simulations. The simulations are performed using a hybrid-particle-in-cell (PIC) code for a range of fast electron beam injection conditions, with and without inclusion of self-generated resistive magnetic fields. The resulting fast electron beam transport properties are used in rear-surface plasma expansion calculations to compare with measurements of proton acceleration, as a function of target thickness. An injection half-angle of similar to 50 degrees - 70 degrees is inferred, which is significantly larger than that derived from previous experiments under similar conditions.

Original language	English
Article number	043104
Number of pages	7
Journal	Physics of Plasmas
Volume	20
Issue number	4
Early online date	5 Apr 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4799726
Publication status	Published - Apr 2013

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plasma diagnostics
fast electrons
plasma transport processes
plasma simulation

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Coury, M., Carroll, D. C., Robinson, A. P. L., Yuan, X. H., Brenner, C. M., Burza, M., Gray, R. J., Lancaster, K. L., Li, Y. T., Lin, X. X., MacLellan, D. A., Powell, H., Quinn, M. N., Tresca, O., Wahlstrom, C. .-G., Neely, D., & McKenna, P. (2013). Injection and transport properties of fast electrons in ultraintense laser-solid interactions. Physics of Plasmas, 20(4), Article 043104. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4799726

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