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Title: Electrostatic field distribution at the sharp interface between high density matter and vacuum

Abstract

Ultrahigh intensity lasers are proven to be particularly suitable for ion acceleration to energies above hundreds of keV and even in the multi MeV range, due to their interaction with either planar thin solid foils, or spherically symmetric targets. With reference to these problems, a quasistationary model is developed, where the Poisson equation for the electrostatic potential distribution at the sharp solid target-vacuum interface is solved for a nonrelativistic Maxwellian distribution of trapped electrons. Analytical solutions are given and ion acceleration in the relevant electrostatic field configurations is discussed.

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  1. Istituto di Fisica del Plasma, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche via R. Cozzi 53, 20125 Milan (Italy)
  2. (Italy)
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OSTI Identifier:
20782722
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Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas; Journal Volume: 13; Journal Issue: 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2184067; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ACCELERATION; ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; CHARGED-PARTICLE TRANSPORT; DENSITY; DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FOILS; INTERFACES; IONS; KEV RANGE; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MEV RANGE; PLASMA; POISSON EQUATION; SOLIDS; TRAPPED ELECTRONS

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Lontano, Maurizio, Passoni, Matteo, Istituto di Fisica del Plasma, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche via R. Cozzi 53, 20125 Milan, and Dipartimento di Ingegneria Nucleare, Politecnico di Milano Via Ponzio 34/3, 20133 Milan. Electrostatic field distribution at the sharp interface between high density matter and vacuum. United States: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.1063/1.2184067.
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Lontano, Maurizio, Passoni, Matteo, Istituto di Fisica del Plasma, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche via R. Cozzi 53, 20125 Milan, & Dipartimento di Ingegneria Nucleare, Politecnico di Milano Via Ponzio 34/3, 20133 Milan. Electrostatic field distribution at the sharp interface between high density matter and vacuum. United States. doi:10.1063/1.2184067.
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Lontano, Maurizio, Passoni, Matteo, Istituto di Fisica del Plasma, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche via R. Cozzi 53, 20125 Milan, and Dipartimento di Ingegneria Nucleare, Politecnico di Milano Via Ponzio 34/3, 20133 Milan. Sat . "Electrostatic field distribution at the sharp interface between high density matter and vacuum". United States. doi:10.1063/1.2184067.
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@article{osti_20782722,
title = {Electrostatic field distribution at the sharp interface between high density matter and vacuum},
author = {Lontano, Maurizio and Passoni, Matteo and Istituto di Fisica del Plasma, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche via R. Cozzi 53, 20125 Milan and Dipartimento di Ingegneria Nucleare, Politecnico di Milano Via Ponzio 34/3, 20133 Milan},
abstractNote = {Ultrahigh intensity lasers are proven to be particularly suitable for ion acceleration to energies above hundreds of keV and even in the multi MeV range, due to their interaction with either planar thin solid foils, or spherically symmetric targets. With reference to these problems, a quasistationary model is developed, where the Poisson equation for the electrostatic potential distribution at the sharp solid target-vacuum interface is solved for a nonrelativistic Maxwellian distribution of trapped electrons. Analytical solutions are given and ion acceleration in the relevant electrostatic field configurations is discussed.},
doi = {10.1063/1.2184067},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 4,
volume = 13,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2006},
month = {Sat Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2006}
}
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DOI:  10.1063/1.2184067
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