Dynamics of laser-driven heavy-ion acceleration clarified by ion charge states

Motivated by the development of next-generation heavy-ion sources, we have investigated the ionization and acceleration dynamics of an ultraintense laser-driven high-Z silver target, experimentally, numerically, and analytically. Using a novel ion measurement technique allowing us to uniquely identi...

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Main Authors: M. Nishiuchi, N. P. Dover, M. Hata, H. Sakaki, Ko. Kondo, H. F. Lowe, T. Miyahara, H. Kiriyama, J. K. Koga, N. Iwata, M. A. Alkhimova, A. S. Pirozhkov, A. Ya. Faenov, T. A. Pikuz, A. Sagisaka, Y. Watanabe, M. Kando, K. Kondo, E. J. Ditter, O. C. Ettlinger, G. S. Hicks, Z. Najmudin, T. Ziegler, K. Zeil, U. Schramm, Y. Sentoku
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-07-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.033081