Quasimonoenergetic and low emittance ion bunch generation from ultrathin targets by counterpropagating laser pulses of ultrarelativistic intensities

2011/06/11 by Avetissian, H. K., A. K. Avetissian, Avetissian, A. K. +2
Physics and Astronomy · #Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph) #Atomic and Molecular Physics #FOS: Physical sciences #Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications #Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics #Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1106.2244

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Abstract

A new method for generation of quasimonoenergetic and low emittance fast ion/nuclei bunches of solid densities from nanotargets by two counterpropagating laser pulses of ultrarelativistic intensities is proposed, based on the threshold phenomenon of particles "reflection" due to induced nonlinear Compton scattering. Particularly, a setup is considered which provides generation of ion bunches with parameters that are required in hadron therapy.

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