Fast ions from laser plasmas: Analytic solution and scaling laws
Abstract
New analytic solutions describe ambipolar acceleration of fast ions from a steep, localized density gradient with a high electron temperature. A scaling law and estimates for the peak energy of ion species are presented.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- September 1977
- Bibcode:
- 1977STIN...7817377F
- Keywords:
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- Ion Accelerators;
- Ion Sources;
- Laser Plasmas;
- Laser Pumping;
- Scaling Laws;
- Dimensional Analysis;
- Electron Energy;
- Isotherms;
- Plasma Physics;
- Plasma Waves;
- Lasers and Masers