Sorbo, D. Del, Blackman, D. R., Capdessus, R. et al. (9 more authors) (2018) Efficient ion acceleration and dense electron-positron plasma creation in ultra-high intensity laser-solid interactions. New Journal of Physics. 033014. ISSN 1367-2630
Abstract
The radiation pressure of next generation ultra-high intensity ($>10^{23}$ W/cm$^{2}$) lasers could efficiently accelerate ions to GeV energies. However, nonlinear quantum-electrodynamic effects play an important role in the interaction of these laser pulses with matter. Here we show that these effects may lead to the production of an extremely dense ($\sim10^{24}$ cm$^{-3}$) pair-plasma which absorbs the laser pulse consequently reducing the accelerated ion energy and energy conversion efficiency by up to 30-50\% \
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 The Author(s). | ||||
Keywords: | physics.plasm-ph, intense fields, light sail, laser-solid, hole boring, quantum-electrodynamic plasmas, radiation pressure ion acceleration | ||||
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Institution: | The University of York | ||||
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) | ||||
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Depositing User: | Pure (York) | ||||
Date Deposited: | 28 Mar 2018 13:20 | ||||
Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2023 12:00 | ||||
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aaae61 | ||||
Status: | Published | ||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aaae61 | ||||
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