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Main Authors: Murakami, M., Balusu, D., Maruyama, S., Murakami, Y., Ramakrishna, B.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.00803
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author Murakami, M.
Balusu, D.
Maruyama, S.
Murakami, Y.
Ramakrishna, B.
author_facet Murakami, M.
Balusu, D.
Maruyama, S.
Murakami, Y.
Ramakrishna, B.
contents Our proposed ion acceleration scheme, micronozzle acceleration (MNA), generates proton beams with extremely high kinetic energies on the giga-electron-volt (GeV) order. The underlying physics and performance of MNA are studied with two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. In MNA targets, a micron-sized hydrogen rod is embedded inside a hollow micronozzle. Subsequent illumination of the target along the symmetric axis by an ultraintense ultrashort laser pulse forms a strong electrostatic field with a long lifetime and an extensive space around the downstream tail of the nozzle. The electric field significantly amplifies the kinetic energies of the accelerated protons, and > GeV protons are generated at an applied laser intensity of 10^22 W/cm^2 .
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spellingShingle Generation of giga-electron-volt proton beams by micronozzle acceleration
Murakami, M.
Balusu, D.
Maruyama, S.
Murakami, Y.
Ramakrishna, B.
Plasma Physics
Our proposed ion acceleration scheme, micronozzle acceleration (MNA), generates proton beams with extremely high kinetic energies on the giga-electron-volt (GeV) order. The underlying physics and performance of MNA are studied with two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. In MNA targets, a micron-sized hydrogen rod is embedded inside a hollow micronozzle. Subsequent illumination of the target along the symmetric axis by an ultraintense ultrashort laser pulse forms a strong electrostatic field with a long lifetime and an extensive space around the downstream tail of the nozzle. The electric field significantly amplifies the kinetic energies of the accelerated protons, and > GeV protons are generated at an applied laser intensity of 10^22 W/cm^2 .
title Generation of giga-electron-volt proton beams by micronozzle acceleration
topic Plasma Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.00803