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    Electrical conductivity of warm dense silica from double-shock experiments

    Understanding materials behaviour under extreme thermodynamic conditions is fundamental in many branches of science, including High-Energy-Density physics, fusion research, material and planetary science. Sili...

    M. Guarguaglini, F. Soubiran, J.-A. Hernandez, A. Benuzzi-Mounaix in Nature Communications (2021)

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    Laser-driven shock compression of “synthetic planetary mixtures” of water, ethanol, and ammonia

    Water, methane, and ammonia are commonly considered to be the key components of the interiors of Uranus and Neptune. Modelling the planets’ internal structure, evolution, and dynamo heavily relies on the prope...

    M. Guarguaglini, J.-A. Hernandez, T. Okuchi, P. Barroso in Scientific Reports (2019)

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    Laser-driven proton acceleration and applications: Recent results

    The acceleration of high-energy ion beams following the interaction of short (t < 1 ps) and intense (Iλ2 > 1018 W cm-2 μm2) laser pulses with solid targets is a field of research currently attracting high interes...

    M. Borghesi, T. Toncian, J. Fuchs in The European Physical Journal Special Topi… (2009)

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    Observations of plasma heating by fast electron transport at the back side of solid targets

    Fast adiabatic plasma heating of a thin solid target irradiated by a high intensity laser has been observed by optical fast interferometry diagnostic. It is driven by the hot electron current induced by the la...

    G. Malka, Ph. Nicolai, E. Brambrink in The European Physical Journal Special Topi… (2009)

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    A jet production experiment using the high-repetition rate Astra laser

    Plasma jets were produced using a high repetition rate laser by laser-ablation of coatings on the surface of conical impressions machined into solid blocks of an aluminium alloy. The ablating plasmas emerged i...

    J. N. Waugh, C. D. Gregory, L. A. Wilson, B. Loupias in Astrophysics and Space Science (2009)

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    X-ray measurements at high-power lasers

    Conversion efficiencies of laser light into K x-ray radiation are used to characterize laser-solid interactions e.g. in measurements with back-lighter targets in Inertial Confinement Fusion research or in ultr...

    C. I. Szabo, P. Indelicato, A. Gumberidze in The European Physical Journal Special Topi… (2009)

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    Laser-driven proton scaling laws and new paths towards energy increase

    The past few years have seen remarkable progress in the development of laser-based particle accelerators. The ability to produce ultrabright beams of multi-megaelectronvolt protons routinely has many potential...

    J. Fuchs, P. Antici, E. d’Humières, E. Lefebvre, M. Borghesi in Nature Physics (2006)

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    Laser Accelerated, High Quality Ion Beams

    Intense beams of protons and heavy ions have been observed in ultra-intense laser-solid interaction experiments. Thereby, a considerable fraction of the laser energy is transferred to collimated beams of energ...

    M. Roth, A. Blazevic, E. Brambrink, M. Geissel, T. E. Cowan in Hyperfine Interactions (2005)

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    PHELIX – Status and First Experiments

    The high-energy high-power laser system PHELIX (Petawatt High Energy Laser for heavy Ion eXperiments) [1] is currently under construction at the Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung mbH (GSI) Darmstadt. With PH...

    Th. Kuehl, R. Bock, S. Borneis, E. Brambrink, H. Brand, J. Caird in Hyperfine Interactions (2005)

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    Source-size measurements and charge distributions of ions accelerated from thin foils irradiated by high-intensity laser pulses

    We report on measurements of source sizes and charge state distributions of ions accelerated from thin foils irradiated by ultrashort (100–300 fs) high-intensity (1-6×1019 W/cm2) laser pulses. The source sizes of...

    J. Schreiber, M. Kaluza, F. Grüner, U. Schramm, B.M. Hegelich in Applied Physics B (2004)