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Title: Relativistic Electron Streaming Instabilities Modulate Proton Beams Accelerated in Laser-Plasma Interactions

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
1352490
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-16960; PRLTAO; arXiv:1704.04311
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 118, Issue 19; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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