Efficient ion acceleration and dense electron–positron plasma creation in ultra-high intensity laser-solid interactions

Efficient ion acceleration and dense electron–positron plasma creation in ultra-high intensity laser-solid interactions

The radiation pressure of next generation ultra-high intensity (>10 ^23 W cm ^−2 ) lasers could efficiently accelerate ions to GeV energies. However, nonlinear quantum-electrodynamic effects play an important role in the interaction of these laser pulses with matter. Here we show that these effec...

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Main Authors: D Del Sorbo, D R Blackman, R Capdessus, K Small, C Slade-Lowther, W Luo, M J Duff, A P L Robinson, P McKenna, Z-M Sheng, J Pasley, C P Ridgers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
Subjects:
radiation pressure ion acceleration
hole boring
light sail
quantum-electrodynamic plasmas
intense fields
laser-solid
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aaae61

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