Laser-driven electrodynamic implosion of fast ions in a thin shell

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Auteurs principaux: Guskov, S. Yu., Korneev, Ph., Murakami, M.
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author Guskov, S. Yu.
Korneev, Ph.
Murakami, M.
author_facet Guskov, S. Yu.
Korneev, Ph.
Murakami, M.
contents Collision of laser-driven subrelativistic high density ion flows provides a way to create extremely compressed ion conglomerates and study their properties. This paper presents a theoretical study of the electrodynamic implosion of ions inside a hollow spherical or cylindrical shell irradiated by femtosecond petawatt laser pulses. We propose to apply a very effective mechanism for ion acceleration in a selfconsistent field with strong charge separation, based on the oscillation of laser accelerated fast electrons in this field near the thin shell. Fast electrons are generated on the outer side of the shell under irradiation by the intense laser pulses. It is shown that ions, in particular protons, may be accelerated at the implosion stage to energies of tens and hundreds of MeV when a sub-micrometer shell is irradiated by femtosecond laser pulses with an intensity of 10^21 - 10^23 W cm^-2. .
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spellingShingle Laser-driven electrodynamic implosion of fast ions in a thin shell
Guskov, S. Yu.
Korneev, Ph.
Murakami, M.
Plasma Physics
Collision of laser-driven subrelativistic high density ion flows provides a way to create extremely compressed ion conglomerates and study their properties. This paper presents a theoretical study of the electrodynamic implosion of ions inside a hollow spherical or cylindrical shell irradiated by femtosecond petawatt laser pulses. We propose to apply a very effective mechanism for ion acceleration in a selfconsistent field with strong charge separation, based on the oscillation of laser accelerated fast electrons in this field near the thin shell. Fast electrons are generated on the outer side of the shell under irradiation by the intense laser pulses. It is shown that ions, in particular protons, may be accelerated at the implosion stage to energies of tens and hundreds of MeV when a sub-micrometer shell is irradiated by femtosecond laser pulses with an intensity of 10^21 - 10^23 W cm^-2. .
title Laser-driven electrodynamic implosion of fast ions in a thin shell
topic Plasma Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.02420