Study of the parameter dependence of laser-accelerated protons from a hydrogen cluster source
| Title: | Study of the parameter dependence of laser-accelerated protons from a hydrogen cluster source |
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| Authors: | B Aurand; KM Schwind; T Toncian; E Aktan; M Cerchez; L Lessmann; C Mannweiler; R Prasad; A Khoukaz; O Willi |
| Source: | New Journal of Physics, Vol 22, Iss 3, p 033025 (2020) |
| Publisher Information: | IOP Publishing |
| Publication Year: | 2020 |
| Collection: | Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
| Subject Terms: | laser-driven ion acceleration; coulomb-explosion; hydrogen custer; cryogenic target; Science; Physics; QC1-999 |
| Description: | We present a study on laser-driven proton acceleration from a hydrogen cluster target. Aiming for the optimisation of the proton source, we performed a detailed parametric scan of the interaction conditions by varying different laser and the target parameters. While the underlying process of a Coulomb-explosion delivers moderate energies, in the range of 100 s of keV, the use of hydrogen as target material comes with the benefit of a debris-free, single-species proton acceleration scheme, enabling high repetition-rate experiments, which are very robust against shot-to-shot fluctuations. |
| Document Type: | article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: | English |
| Relation: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ab7bf0; https://doaj.org/toc/1367-2630; https://doaj.org/article/40effae7bd5c46a68c1c78adaeb7bc6f |
| DOI: | 10.1088/1367-2630/ab7bf0 |
| Availability: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ab7bf0; https://doaj.org/article/40effae7bd5c46a68c1c78adaeb7bc6f |
| Accession Number: | edsbas.A95897BC |
| Database: | BASE |