Laser Driven Ion accelerators - current status and perspective

Journal Article · Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 EST 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3080908· OSTI ID:21255222

Zepf, M ^[1]; Robinson, A P. L. ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University Belfast, BT7 1NN (United Kingdom)
2. Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, OX11 0QX (United Kingdom)

The interaction of ultra-intense lasers with thin foil targets has recently emerged as a route to achieving extreme acceleration gradients and hence ultra-compact proton and ion accelerators. There are a number of distinct physical processes by which the protons/ions can be accelerated to energies in excess of 10 MeV. The recent development is discussed and a new mechanism--Radiation Pressure Acceleration is highlighted as a route to achieving efficient production of relativistic ions beams.

• OSTI ID: 21255222
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1086, Issue 1; Conference: 13. advanced accelerator concepts workshop, Santa Cruz, CA (United States), 27 Jul - 2 Aug 2008; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3080908; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ABLATION
ACCELERATION
ACCELERATORS
ION BEAMS
IONS
LASERS
MEV RANGE 10-100
PROTON BEAMS
PROTONS
RADIATION PRESSURE
RELATIVISTIC RANGE