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20182026
most citedFemtosecond phase-transition in hard x-ray excited bismuth

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physics.plasm-ph2026

New Formalism for Modelling Flowing Plasmas in a Magnetic Field

Subhasish Bag, Ashish Ganguli, Vikrant Saxena +2

A new formalism for modelling a flowing plasma in a magnetic field, having potential for application in plasma thrusters, materials processing, space plasmas, etc., is developed. I…

physics.plasm-ph2025

Three Dimensional Effects on Proton Acceleration with Grooved Hydrocarbon Targets

Imran Khan, Mohammad Yasir, Vikrant Saxena

Recently, using two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations, it has been demonstrated that in laser based proton acceleration with micro-structured targets, a single rectangular g…

physics.plasm-ph2024

On the critical role of the rear wall thickness of a grooved TNSA target

Imran Khan, Vikrant Saxena

The cutoff energy and the divergence of the protons generated by the target normal sheath acceleration mechanism are known to be significantly influenced by micrometer and nanomete…

physics.plasm-ph2024

Nonlinear evolution of a cold non-relativistic electron-ion plasma with an arbitrary initial density profile: A phase mixing perspective

Subhasish Bag, Vikrant Saxena

Using a perturbative approach, an evolution equation for the space charge density, correct up to the third order, is deduced for arbitrary initial density profiles of the electron…

physics.plasm-ph2024

A Comparative Analysis of Relativistic Particle Pushers vis-à-vis Computation Time & Accuracy

Mohammad Yasir, Vikrant Saxena

The performance of relativistic particle pushers has long been a topic of interest in the field of computational plasma physics, particularly from the point of view of the particle…

physics.plasm-ph2024

TNSA based proton acceleration by two oblique laser pulses in the presence of an axial magnetic field

Imran Khan, Vikrant Saxena

A recently proposed strategy to boost the proton/ion cutoff energy in the target normal sheath acceleration scheme employs two obliquely incident laser pulses simultaneously irradi…

physics.plasm-ph2023

Not-so-efficient proton acceleration by an intense laser pulse obliquely incident on a structured target

Imran Khan, Vikrant Saxena

The interaction of an obliquely incident laser pulse with a flat TNSA target is known to enhance the cut-off energy of protons/ions as compared to a normally incident laser pulse,…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 1 cited

Femtosecond phase-transition in hard x-ray excited bismuth

M. Makita, I. Vartiainen, I. Mohacs +19

The evolution of the bismuth crystal structure upon excitation of its A phonon has been intensely studied with short pulse optical lasers. Here we present the first-time obs…