Charged particle motion and radiation in strong electromagnetic fields

A Gonoskov, TG Blackburn, M Marklund… - Reviews of Modern …, 2022‏ - APS
The dynamics of charged particles in electromagnetic fields is an essential component of
understanding the most extreme environments in our Universe. In electromagnetic fields of …

Proton imaging of high-energy-density laboratory plasmas

DB Schaeffer, AFA Bott, M Borghesi, KA Flippo… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023‏ - APS
Proton imaging has become a key diagnostic for measuring electromagnetic fields in high-
energy-density (HED) laboratory plasmas. Compared to other techniques for diagnosing …

Near-100 MeV protons via a laser-driven transparency-enhanced hybrid acceleration scheme

A Higginson, RJ Gray, M King, RJ Dance… - Nature …, 2018‏ - nature.com
The range of potential applications of compact laser-plasma ion sources motivates the
development of new acceleration schemes to increase achievable ion energies and …

Laser-driven high-energy proton beams from cascaded acceleration regimes

T Ziegler, I Göthel, S Assenbaum, C Bernert, FE Brack… - Nature Physics, 2024‏ - nature.com
Laser-driven ion accelerators can deliver high-energy, high-peak current beams and are
thus attracting attention as a compact alternative to conventional accelerators. However …

[HTML][HTML] The European Joint Research Project UHDpulse–Metrology for advanced radiotherapy using particle beams with ultra-high pulse dose rates

A Schüller, S Heinrich, C Fouillade, A Subiel… - Physica Medica, 2020‏ - Elsevier
UHDpulse–Metrology for advanced radiotherapy using particle beams with ultra-high pulse
dose rates is a recently started European Joint Research Project with the aim to develop and …

Wakefield acceleration

T Tajima, XQ Yan, T Ebisuzaki - Reviews of Modern Plasma Physics, 2020‏ - Springer
The fundamental idea of Laser Wakefield Acceleration (LWFA) is reviewed. An ultrafast
intense laser pulse drives coherent wakefields of relativistic amplitude with the high phase …

Experimental methods for warm dense matter research

K Falk - High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2018‏ - cambridge.org
The study of structure, thermodynamic state, equation of state (EOS) and transport properties
of warm dense matter (WDM) has become one of the key aspects of laboratory astrophysics …

Laser acceleration of highly energetic carbon ions using a double-layer target composed of slightly underdense plasma and ultrathin foil

WJ Ma, IJ Kim, JQ Yu, IW Choi, PK Singh, HW Lee… - Physical review …, 2019‏ - APS
We report the experimental generation of highly energetic carbon ions up to 48 MeV per
nucleon by shooting double-layer targets composed of well-controlled slightly underdense …

Enhanced ion acceleration from transparency-driven foils demonstrated at two ultraintense laser facilities

NP Dover, T Ziegler, S Assenbaum, C Bernert… - Light: Science & …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Laser-driven ion sources are a rapidly develo** technology producing high energy, high
peak current beams. Their suitability for applications, such as compact medical accelerators …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization and performance of the Apollon short-focal-area facility following its commissioning at 1 PW level

K Burdonov, A Fazzini, V Lelasseux… - Matter and Radiation …, 2021‏ - pubs.aip.org
We present the results of the first commissioning phase of the short-focal-length area of the
Apollon laser facility (located in Saclay, France), which was performed with the first available …