Abstract
The influence of the plasma density scale length on the production of MeV protons from thin foil targets irradiated at I lambda (2) = 5 x 10(19) Wcm(-2) has been studied. With an unperturbed foil, protons with energy >20 MeV were formed in an exponential energy spectrum with a temperature of 2.5 +/- 0.3 MeV. When a plasma with a scale length of 100 mum was preformed on the back of the foil, the maximum proton energy was reduced to
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1769-1772 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Volume | 86 |
Issue number | 9 |
Publication status | Published - 26 Feb 2001 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Physics and Astronomy(all)