Energetic Proton Acceleration Associated With Io's Footprint Tail
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DOI: 10.1029/2020gl090839
Abstract: Observations of energetic charged particles associated with Io's footprint (IFP) tail, and likely within or very near the Main Alfvén Wing, during Juno's 12th perijove (PJ) crossing show evidence of intense proton acceleration by wave‐particle… read more here.
Keywords: proton; ion; associated footprint; tail ... See more keywords
Characterization of laser-driven proton acceleration from water microdroplets
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-53587-3
Abstract: We report on a proton acceleration experiment in which high-intensity laser pulses with a wavelength of 0.4 μm and with varying temporal intensity contrast have been used to irradiate water droplets of 20 μm diameter. Such droplets… read more here.
Keywords: incidence; laser; water; proton acceleration ... See more keywords
Enhanced laser-driven proton acceleration using nanowire targets
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-80392-0
Abstract: Laser-driven proton acceleration is a growing field of interest in the high-power laser community. One of the big challenges related to the most routinely used laser-driven ion acceleration mechanism, Target-Normal Sheath Acceleration (TNSA), is to… read more here.
Keywords: driven proton; laser; laser driven; proton ... See more keywords
Effects of pulse chirp on laser-driven proton acceleration
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-07019-4
Abstract: Optimisation and reproducibility of beams of protons accelerated from laser-solid interactions require accurate control of a wide set of variables, concerning both the laser pulse and the target. Among the former ones, the chirp and… read more here.
Keywords: effects pulse; usepackage; laser; proton acceleration ... See more keywords
Modelling of proton acceleration in application to a ground level enhancement
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DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201731343
Abstract: Context. The source of high-energy protons (above ~500 MeV) responsible for ground level enhancements (GLEs) remains an open question in solar physics. One of the candidates is a shock wave driven by a coronal mass… read more here.
Keywords: ground level; acceleration; proton acceleration; shock ... See more keywords
Enhanced proton acceleration via the leaky light-sail regime by laser interaction with nanofoils in strongly magnetized plasmas
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DOI: 10.1063/5.0007210
Abstract: An enhancing proton acceleration scheme is proposed by applying an external axial magnetic field in the leaky light-sail regime when a right-hand circularly polarized laser interacts with a multispecies nanofoil. In this scheme, the external… read more here.
Keywords: leaky light; laser; field; sail regime ... See more keywords