Enhanced ion acceleration in the ultra-intense laser driven magnetized collisionless shocks

The effect of an externally applied magnetic field on the ion acceleration by laser-driven collisionless shocks is examined by means of multi-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. For the interaction of ultra-intense sub-picosecond laser pulses with the near-relativistic critical-density plasma,...

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Main Authors: Wen-shuai Zhang, Hong-bo Cai, Liu-lei Wei, Jian-min Tian, Shao-ping Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2019-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ab1443