Dephasing of ion beams as Magnetic Vortex Acceleration regime transitions into a bubble-like field structure
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| author | Hakimi, Sahel Bulanov, Stepan S. Huebl, Axel Obst-Huebl, Lieselotte Nakamura, Kei Gonsalves, Anthony Schenkel, Thomas van Tilborg, Jeroen Vay, Jean-Luc Schroeder, Carl B. Esarey, Eric Geddes, Cameron R. |
| author_facet | Hakimi, Sahel Bulanov, Stepan S. Huebl, Axel Obst-Huebl, Lieselotte Nakamura, Kei Gonsalves, Anthony Schenkel, Thomas van Tilborg, Jeroen Vay, Jean-Luc Schroeder, Carl B. Esarey, Eric Geddes, Cameron R. |
| contents | The interaction of an ultra-intense laser pulse with a near critical density target results in the formation of a plasma channel, a strong azimuthal magnetic field and moving vortices. An application of this is the generation of energetic and collimated ion beams via Magnetic Vortex Acceleration. The optimized regime of Magnetic Vortex Acceleration is becoming experimentally accessible with new high intensity laser beamlines coming online and advances made in near critical density target fabrication. The robustness of the acceleration mechanism with realistic experimental conditions is examined with three-dimensional simulations. Of particular interest is the acceleration performance with different laser temporal contrast conditions, in some cases leading to pre-expanded target profiles prior to the arrival of the main pulse. Preplasma effects on the structure of the accelerating fields is explored, including a detailed analysis of the ion beam properties and the efficiency of the process. Improved scaling laws for the MVA mechanism, including the laser focal spot size effects, are presented. |
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| publishDate | 2024 |
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| spellingShingle | Dephasing of ion beams as Magnetic Vortex Acceleration regime transitions into a bubble-like field structure Hakimi, Sahel Bulanov, Stepan S. Huebl, Axel Obst-Huebl, Lieselotte Nakamura, Kei Gonsalves, Anthony Schenkel, Thomas van Tilborg, Jeroen Vay, Jean-Luc Schroeder, Carl B. Esarey, Eric Geddes, Cameron R. Plasma Physics The interaction of an ultra-intense laser pulse with a near critical density target results in the formation of a plasma channel, a strong azimuthal magnetic field and moving vortices. An application of this is the generation of energetic and collimated ion beams via Magnetic Vortex Acceleration. The optimized regime of Magnetic Vortex Acceleration is becoming experimentally accessible with new high intensity laser beamlines coming online and advances made in near critical density target fabrication. The robustness of the acceleration mechanism with realistic experimental conditions is examined with three-dimensional simulations. Of particular interest is the acceleration performance with different laser temporal contrast conditions, in some cases leading to pre-expanded target profiles prior to the arrival of the main pulse. Preplasma effects on the structure of the accelerating fields is explored, including a detailed analysis of the ion beam properties and the efficiency of the process. Improved scaling laws for the MVA mechanism, including the laser focal spot size effects, are presented. |
| title | Dephasing of ion beams as Magnetic Vortex Acceleration regime transitions into a bubble-like field structure |
| topic | Plasma Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.09156 |