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Open AccessInvestigation on the origin of hot electrons in laser plasma interaction at shock ignition intensities
Shock Ignition is a two-step scheme to reach Inertial Confinement Fusion, where the precompressed fuel capsule is ignited by a strong shock driven by a laser pulse at an intensity in the order of ...
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Erratum to: EuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report
Figure 20.1 was not correct in the published article. The original article has been corrected. The published apologizes for the inconvenience.
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Open AccessEuPRAXIA Conceptual Design Report
This report presents the conceptual design of a new European research infrastructure EuPRAXIA. The concept has been established over the last four years in a unique collaboration of 41 laboratories within a H...
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Open AccessOptical and spectroscopic study of a supersonic flowing helium plasma: energy transport in the afterglow
Flowing plasma jets are increasingly investigated and used for surface treatments, including biological matter, and as soft ionization sources for mass spectrometry. They have the characteristic capability to ...
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Open AccessMicron-scale map** of megagauss magnetic fields using optical polarimetry to probe hot electron transport in petawatt-class laser-solid interactions
The transport of hot, relativistic electrons produced by the interaction of an intense petawatt laser pulse with a solid has garnered interest due to its potential application in the development of innovative ...
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Open AccessTransition from Coherent to Stochastic electron heating in ultrashort relativistic laser interaction with structured targets
Relativistic laser interaction with micro- and nano-scale surface structures enhances energy transfer to solid targets and yields matter in extreme conditions. We report on the comparative study of laser-targe...
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Open AccessLaboratory measurements of resistivity in warm dense plasmas relevant to the microphysics of brown dwarfs
Since the observation of the first brown dwarf in 1995, numerous studies have led to a better understanding of the structures of these objects. Here we present a method for studying material resistivity in war...
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Open AccessGeneration of neutral and high-density electron–positron pair plasmas in the laboratory
Electron–positron pair plasmas represent a unique state of matter, whereby there exists an intrinsic and complete symmetry between negatively charged (matter) and positively charged (antimatter) particles. The...
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Nonlocal effects in the self-consistent nonlinear 3D propagation of an ultrastrong, femtosecond laser pulse in plasmas
A theoretical investigation of the interaction of an ultra-strong and ultra-short laser pulse with unmagnetized plasma is carried out and applied to the specifications of the Ti:Sa Frascati Laser for Accelerat...
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An integrated approach to ultraintense laser sciences: The PLASMON-X project
In this paper we discuss recent results in the design configuration and modelling of the PLASMON-X project aimed at the development of an innovative, high-gradient acceleration with super-intense and ultra-sho...
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X-ray spectroscopic diagnostics of ultrashort laser-cluster interaction at the stage of the nonadiabatic scattering of clusters
X-ray spectroscopic diagnostics of laser-cluster interaction at the stage of nonadiabatic scattering of clusters and formation of a spatially uniform plasma channel has been performed. The experimental investi...
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Study of forward accelerated fast electrons in ultrashort Ti K α sources
The results of an experiment aimed at studying hot electrons emerging from a target rear side in ultrashort laser-based [ ]Kα sources are described. In particular, forward accelerated fast...
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Production of hollow cylindrical plasmas for laser guiding in acceleration experiments
One of the major tasks for the progress of laser acceleration of electrons in plasmas is the guiding of focused pulses along path lengths much larger than the depth of focus. We have tested experimentally the ...
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Design of a high update-rate star sensor for arcsec-level attitude determination from balloon-borne X/γ astronomy platforms
This paper describes the design of a star sensor based upon a high dynamic range CCD in order to reach an arcsec-level attitude determination in balloon-borne missions. A custom star identification software wa...
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Quantitative analysis of thin samples by differential absorption imaging using a laser-plasma soft X-ray source
We consider the application of the differential absorption imaging technique in the soft X-ray region. The surface-density maps of test samples containing bromine, resulting from the application of the differe...
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Thomson backscattering X-rays from ultra-relativistic electron bunches and temporally shaped laser pulses
The process of Thomson scattering of an ultra-intense laser pulse by a relativistic electron bunch has been proposed as a way to obtain a bright source of short, tunable and quasi-monochromatic X-ray pulses. T...
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Imaging of Plasmas Using Proton Beams Generated by Ultra-Intense Laser Pulses
During the interaction of ultraintense laser pulses with plasmas and solid targets, a considerable fraction of the laser energy is deposited into highly energetic charged particles. One of the most exciting re...
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Laser energy deposition in relativistic interactions with underdense plasmas
It is well established that, at sub-relativistic intensities, the absorption of laser light by underdense plasmas decreases with increasing pulse intensity as interaction enters a non-linear regime. On the oth...
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Experimental study of X-ray generation in laser-produced plasmas based onK-shell time-resolved spectroscopy
Soft-X-ray generation in aluminium plasmas produced by Nd nano-second laser pulses is investigated analysing time-resolved spectra ofK-shell line emission. Time histories of line emission and electron temperature...
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Reflection and Transmission of High Intensity Femtosecond Laser Pulse Focused on Very Thin Plastic Foils
The 150 fs pulse of the LOA Ti:Sapphire laser has been focused at an intensity of 5×1017 W/cm2 on a 800Å plastic foil. The reflected and transmitted laser radiation resulted strongly affected by Self Phase Modula...
