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A new energy spectrum reconstruction method for Time-Of-Flight diagnostics of high-energy laser-driven protons
G. Milluzzo, V. Scuderi, A. Alejo +20
The Time-of-Flight (ToF) technique coupled with semiconductor-like detectors, as silicon carbide and diamond, is one of the most promising diagnostic methods for high-energy, high…
Expansion of a radially symmetric blast shell into a uniformly magnetized plasma
M E Dieckmann, Q Moreno, D Doria +7
The expansion of a thermal pressure-driven radial blast shell into a dilute ambient plasma is examined with two-dimensional PIC simulations. The purpose is to determine if laminar…
Expansion of a radial plasma blast shell into an ambient plasma
M E Dieckmann, D Doria, H Ahmed +6
The expansion of a radial blast shell into an ambient plasma is modeled with a particle-in-cell (PIC) simulation. The unmagnetized plasma consists of electrons and protons. The for…
A thin-shell instability in collisionless plasma
M. E. Dieckmann, H. Ahmed, D. Doria +6
The thin-shell instability has been named as one process, which can generate entangled structures in astrophysical plasma on collisional (fluid) scales. It is driven by a spatially…
Ultrafast opacity in borosilicate glass induced by picosecond bursts of laser-driven ions
B. Dromey, L. Stella, D. Adams +22
Direct investigation of ion-induced dynamics in matter on picosecond (ps, 10-12 s) timescales has been precluded to date by the relatively long nanosecond (ns, 10-9 s) scale ion pu…
Characterisation of deuterium spectra from laser driven multi-species sources by employing differentially filtered image plate detectors in Thomson spectrometers
A. Alejo, S. Kar, H. Ahmed +23
A novel method for characterising the full spectrum of deuteron ions emitted by laser driven multi-species ion sources is discussed. The procedure is based on using differential fi…
Optimisation of the pointing stability of laser-wakefield accelerated electron beams
R. J. Garland, K. Poder, J. Cole +13
Laser-wakefield acceleration is a promising technique for the next generation of ultra-compact, high-energy particle accelerators. However, for a meaningful use of laser-driven par…
The evolution of a slow electrostatic shock into a plasma shock mediated by electrostatic turbulence
Mark Eric Dieckmann, Gianluca Sarri, Domenico Doria +2
The collision of two plasma clouds at a speed that exceeds the ion acoustic speed can result in the formation of shocks. This phenomenon is observed not only in astrophysical scena…
Fast electron propagation in Ti foils irradiated with sub-picosecond laser pulses at Wcm
M Makita, G Nersisyan, K McKeever +10
We have studied the propagation of fast electrons through laser irradiated Ti foils by monitoring the emission of hard X-rays and K-α radiation from bare foils and foils backed by…
Time-resolved characterization of the formation of a collisionless shock
H Ahmed, ME Dieckmann, L Romagnani +11
We report on the temporally and spatially resolved detection of the precursory stages that lead to the formation of an unmagnetized, supercritical collision-less shock in a laser-d…
Parametric study of non-relativistic electrostatic shocks and the structure of their transition layer
ME Dieckmann, H Ahmed, G Sarri +5
Nonrelativistic electrostatic unmagnetized shocks are frequently observed in laboratory plasmas and they are likely to exist in astrophysical plasmas. Their maximum speed, expresse…
Ion acceleration in multispecies targets driven by intense laser radiation pressure
S. Kar, K. F. Kakolee, B. Qiao +15
The acceleration of ions from ultra-thin foils has been investigated using 250 TW, sub-ps laser pulses, focused on target at intensities up to $3\times10^{20} \Wcm2$. The ion spect…