Selective deuterium ion acceleration using the Vulcan petawatt laser

Krygier, A. G.; Morrison, J. T.; Kar, S.; Ahmed, H.; Alejo, A.; Clarke, R.; Fuchs, J.; Green, A.; Jung, D.; Kleinschmidt, A.; Najmudin, Z.; Nakamura, H.; Norreys, P.; Notley, M.; Oliver, M.; Roth, M.; Vassura, L.; Zepf, M.; Borghesi, M.; Freeman, R. R.

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Title: Selective deuterium ion acceleration using the Vulcan petawatt laser

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Krygier, A. G. ^[1]; Morrison, J. T. ^[2]; Kar, S. ^[3]; Ahmed, H. ^[3]; Alejo, A. ^[3]; Clarke, R. ^[4]; Fuchs, J. ^[5]; Green, A. ^[3]; Jung, D. ^[3]; Kleinschmidt, A. ^[6];

^[7]; Nakamura, H. ^[7]; Norreys, P. ^[8]; Notley, M. ^[4]; Oliver, M. ^[9]; Roth, M. ^[6]; Vassura, L. ^[5]; Zepf, M. ^[10]; Borghesi, M. ^[11]; Freeman, R. R. ^[12]

Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, École Polytechnique, 91128 Palasiseau, France, Physics Department, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
Propulsion Systems Directorate, Air Force Research Lab, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433, USA
Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, École Polytechnique, 91128 Palasiseau, France
Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schloβgartenstrasse 9, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany
The John Adams Institute, Blackett Laboratory, Department of Physics, Imperial College, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX, United Kingdom, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
Department of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom, Helmholtz Institute Jena, D-07743 Jena, Germany
Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom, Institute of Physics of the ASCR, ELI-Beamlines Project, Na Slovance 2, 18221 Prague, Czech Republic
Physics Department, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA

Publication Date:: Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1228614

Grant/Contract Number:: FC02-04ER54789

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physics of Plasmas

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 22; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Krygier, A. G., Morrison, J. T., Kar, S., Ahmed, H., Alejo, A., Clarke, R., Fuchs, J., Green, A., Jung, D., Kleinschmidt, A., Najmudin, Z., Nakamura, H., Norreys, P., Notley, M., Oliver, M., Roth, M., Vassura, L., Zepf, M., Borghesi, M., and Freeman, R. R. Selective deuterium ion acceleration using the Vulcan petawatt laser.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
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                    Krygier, A. G., Morrison, J. T., Kar, S., Ahmed, H., Alejo, A., Clarke, R., Fuchs, J., Green, A., Jung, D., Kleinschmidt, A., Najmudin, Z., Nakamura, H., Norreys, P., Notley, M., Oliver, M., Roth, M., Vassura, L., Zepf, M., Borghesi, M., & Freeman, R. R. Selective deuterium ion acceleration using the Vulcan petawatt laser.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4919618

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                    Krygier, A. G., Morrison, J. T., Kar, S., Ahmed, H., Alejo, A., Clarke, R., Fuchs, J., Green, A., Jung, D., Kleinschmidt, A., Najmudin, Z., Nakamura, H., Norreys, P., Notley, M., Oliver, M., Roth, M., Vassura, L., Zepf, M., Borghesi, M., and Freeman, R. R. Fri .  
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@article{osti_1228614,

  title        = {Selective deuterium ion acceleration using the Vulcan petawatt laser},

  author       = {Krygier, A. G. and Morrison, J. T. and Kar, S. and Ahmed, H. and Alejo, A. and Clarke, R. and Fuchs, J. and Green, A. and Jung, D. and Kleinschmidt, A. and Najmudin, Z. and Nakamura, H. and Norreys, P. and Notley, M. and Oliver, M. and Roth, M. and Vassura, L. and Zepf, M. and Borghesi, M. and Freeman, R. R.},

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  doi          = {10.1063/1.4919618},

  journal      = {Physics of Plasmas},

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  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Fri May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

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