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Generation of collimated beams of relativistic ions in laser-plasma interactions

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A method is proposed for generating collimated beams of fast ions in laser-plasma interactions. Two-dimensional and three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations show that the ponderomotive force expels electrons from the plasma region irradiated by a laser pulse. The ions with unneutralized electric charge that remain in this region are accelerated by Coulomb repulsive forces. The ions are focused by tailoring the target and also as a result of pinching in the magnetic field produced by the electric current of fast ions.

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  1. Institute of General Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, 117942, Russia

    S. V. Bulanov & N. M. Naumova

  2. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Institutskii per. 9, Dolgoprudnyi, Moscow region, 141700, Russia

    T. Zh. Esirkepov

  3. INFM, Sez. A, 56126, Pisa, Italy

    F. Califano

  4. APRC JAERI-Kansai, 619-0215, Kizu, Kyoto, Japan

    Y. Kato

  5. Institute of Computational Technologies, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia

    T. V. Liseikina

  6. Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 565-0105, Osaka, Japan

    K. Mima, K. Nishihara & Y. Sentoku

  7. University of Pisa and INFM, 56126, Pisa, Italy

    F. Pegoraro

  8. TQE TH-Darmstadt, 64289, Darmstadt, Germany

    H. Ruhl

  9. APRC JAERI-Kansai, Neyagawa, Osaka, 572, Japan

    Y. Ueshima

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Translated from Pis'ma v Zhurnal Éksperimental'no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \) Fiziki, Vol. 71, No. 10, 2000, pp. 593–599.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2000 by Bulanov, Esirkepov, Califano, Kato, Lise\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \)kina, Mima, Naumova, Nishihara, Pegoraro, Ruhl, Sentoku, Ueshima.

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Bulanov, S.V., Esirkepov, T.Z., Califano, F. et al. Generation of collimated beams of relativistic ions in laser-plasma interactions. Jetp Lett. 71, 407–411 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.568365

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