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Fiuza, F., Stockem, A., Boella, E., Fonseca, R. A., Silva, L. O., Haberberger, D....Joshi, C. (2013). Ion acceleration from laser-driven electrostatic shocks. Physics of Plasmas. 20 (5)

F. Fiúza et al.,  "Ion acceleration from laser-driven electrostatic shocks", in Physics of Plasmas, vol. 20, no. 5, 2013

@article{fiúza2013_1732383484605,
	author = "Fiuza, F. and Stockem, A. and Boella, E. and Fonseca, R. A. and Silva, L. O. and Haberberger, D. and Tochitsky, S. and Mori, W. B. and Joshi, C.",
	title = "Ion acceleration from laser-driven electrostatic shocks",
	journal = "Physics of Plasmas",
	year = "2013",
	volume = "20",
	number = "5",
	doi = "10.1063/1.4801526",
	url = "http://link.aip.org/link/PHPAEN/v20/i5/p056304/s1&Agg=doi"
}

TY  - JOUR
TI  - Ion acceleration from laser-driven electrostatic shocks
T2  - Physics of Plasmas
VL  - 20
IS  - 5
AU  - Fiuza, F.
AU  - Stockem, A.
AU  - Boella, E.
AU  - Fonseca, R. A.
AU  - Silva, L. O.
AU  - Haberberger, D.
AU  - Tochitsky, S.
AU  - Mori, W. B.
AU  - Joshi, C.
PY  - 2013
SN  - 1070-664X
DO  - 10.1063/1.4801526
UR  - http://link.aip.org/link/PHPAEN/v20/i5/p056304/s1&Agg=doi
AB  - Multi-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations are used to study the generation of electrostatic shocks in plasma and the reflection of background ions to produce high-quality and high-energy ion beams. Electrostatic shocks are driven by the interaction of two plasmas with different density and/or relative drift velocity. The energy and number of ions reflected by the shock increase with increasing density ratio and relative drift velocity between the two interacting plasmas. It is shown that the interaction of intense lasers with tailored near-critical density plasmas allows for the efficient heating of the plasma electrons and steepening of the plasma profile at the critical density interface, leading to the generation of high-velocity shock structures and high-energy ion beams. Our results indicate that high-quality 200 MeV shock-accelerated ion beams required for medical applications may be obtained with current laser systems.
ER  -