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Foam Targets for Enhanced Ion Acceleration

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The object of the present chapter is the study (both experimental and numerical) of ion acceleration schemes with multi-layer foam attached targets.

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Notes

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    TNSA scheme provides very broad energy spectra, whereas RPA and shock acceleration schemes should allow for narrower spectra.

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    An upgrade to a 4 PW system is currently ongoing.

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    See Chap. 4 for a detailed description of these diagnostics.

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    The vacuum chamber was opened once per day to prepare the setup.

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    The filling factor is the volume fraction actually occupied by solid-density carbon.

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    Though a proper estimation of the total accelerated charge could not be performed.

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    These holes are visible even with naked eye, for instance looking at a backlit target.

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Fedeli, L. (2017). Foam Targets for Enhanced Ion Acceleration. In: High Field Plasmonics. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44290-7_5

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