2016/03/14 by K. V. Lezhnin, F. F. Kamenets, T. Zh. Esirkepov +4
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Acceleration #Atomic and Molecular Physics #Atomic physics #Classical mechanics #Computational physics #Ion #Laser #Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics #Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma #Nuclear physics #Optics #Physics #Plasma #Quantum mechanics #physics.plasm-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.4950836
arxiv created 2016/03/14 · openalex publication_date 2016/05/01 · arxiv updated 2016/06/22 · openalex created_date 2020/11/23 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
The interaction of high intensity laser radiation with mass-limited target exhibits significant enhancement of the ion acceleration when the target is surrounded by an underdense plasma corona, as seen in numerical simulations. The self-generated quasistatic magnetic field squeezes the corona causing the intensification of a subsequent Coulomb explosion of the target. The electric field intensification at the target edges and plasma resonance effects results in the generation of characteristic density holes and further contributes to the ion acceleration.