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Parametric investigation of laser interaction with uniform and nanostructured near-critical plasmas

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Laser interaction with uniform and nanostructured near-critical plasmas has been investigated by means of 2D particle-in-cell simulations. The effect of a nanostructure (modeled as a collection of solid-density nanospheres) on energy absorption and radiative losses has been assessed in a wide range of laser intensities (normalized amplitude a 0 = 1 − 135) and average densities of the target (electron density n e = 1 − 9n c , where n c is the critical electron density). The nanostructure was found to affect mainly the conversion efficiency of laser energy into ion kinetic energy and radiative losses for the highest simulated intensities.

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    Luca Fedeli, Arianna Formenti, Carlo Enrico Bottani & Matteo Passoni

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Fedeli, L., Formenti, A., Bottani, C.E. et al. Parametric investigation of laser interaction with uniform and nanostructured near-critical plasmas. Eur. Phys. J. D 71, 202 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2017-80222-7

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