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Physics: Complexity in fusion plasmas

Science 319:5867 (2008) 1193-1194

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Images of imploding fusion plasmas reveal complex electric and magnetic field structures.
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Deformation Substructures and Their Transitions in Laser Shock–Compressed Copper-Aluminum Alloys

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A Springer Nature 39:2 (2008) 304-321

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MA Meyers, MS Schneider, H Jarmakani, B Kad, BA Remington, DH Kalantar, J McNaney, B Cao, J Wark
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Effect of laser intensity on fast-electron-beam divergence in solid-density plasmas (Physical Review Letters (2008) 100 (015003))

Physical Review Letters 100:3 (2008)

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JS Green, VM Ovchinnikov, RG Evans, KU Akli, H Azechi, FN Beg, C Bellei, RR Freeman, H Habara, R Heathcote, MH Key, JA King, KL Lancaster, NC Lopes, T Ma, AJ MacKinnon, K Markey, A McPhee, Z Najmudin, P Nilson, R Onofrei, R Stephens, K Takeda, KA Tanaka, W Theobald, T Tanimoto, J Waugh, L Van Woerkom, NC Woolsey, M Zepf, JR Davies, PA Norreys
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Artificial collimation of fast-electron beams with two laser pulses

Physical Review Letters 100:2 (2008)

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APL Robinson, M Sherlock, PA Norreys

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A scheme for artificially collimating fast-electron beams produced in high intensity (>1019Wcm-2) laser-solid interactions is proposed. The scheme uses a laser pulse at the relativistic threshold (1018Wcm-2) that precedes the high intensity pulse to pregenerate a collimating magnetic field. This concept is supported by analytical calculations and numerical calculations performed using a novel hybrid-Vlasov-Fokker-Planck code called LEDA. This scheme may be highly useful for fast ignition inertial confinement fusion. © 2008 The American Physical Society.
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Effect of laser intensity on fast-electron-beam divergence in solid-density plasmas

Physical Review Letters 100:1 (2008)

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JS Green, VM Ovchinnikov, RG Evans, KU Akli, H Azechi, FN Beg, C Bellei, RR Freeman, H Habara, R Heathcote, MH Key, JA King, KL Lancaster, NC Lopes, T Ma, AJ MacKinnon, K Markey, A McPhee, Z Najmudin, P Nilson, R Onofrei, R Stephens, K Takeda, KA Tanaka, W Theobald, T Tanimoto, J Waugh, L Van Woerkom, NC Woolsey, M Zepf, JR Davies, PA Norreys

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Metal foil targets were irradiated with 1μm wavelength (λ) laser pulses of 5 ps duration and focused intensities (I) of up to 4×1019Wcm-2, giving values of both Iλ2 and pulse duration comparable to those required for fast ignition inertial fusion. The divergence of the electrons accelerated into the target was determined from spatially resolved measurements of x-ray Kα emission and from transverse probing of the plasma formed on the back of the foils. Comparison of the divergence with other published data shows that it increases with Iλ2 and is independent of pulse duration. Two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations reproduce these results, indicating that it is a fundamental property of the laser-plasma interaction. © 2008 The American Physical Society.
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