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Title: Kα and bremsstrahlung x-ray radiation backlighter sources from short pulse laser driven silver targets as a function of laser pre-pulse energy

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4865230· OSTI ID:1229808
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  1. Center for Energy Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
  2. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
  3. Center for Energy Research, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, USA
  4. Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
  5. General Atomics, P.O. Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608, USA

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
1229808
Report Number(s):
LLNL-JRNL-645860; PHPAEN
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 21, Issue 3; ISSN 1070-664X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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