Hole Boring in a DT Pellet and Fast-Ion Ignition with Ultraintense Laser Pulses

Naumova, Natalia; Schlegel, T.; Tikhonchuk, V. T.; Labaune, C.; Соколов, И. В.; Mourou, G.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.102.025002

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“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Considerable effort has been put into both the theoretical and, more recently, the experimental aspects 10 of this problem. RPA has been classified into two modes: "hole-boring" 3,[11][12][13][14][15][16] (HB) and "light-sail" (LS).…”

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Production of high energy protons with hole-boring radiation pressure acceleration

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2011

Physics of Plasmas

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The possibility of producing energetic protons with energies in the range of 100–200 MeV via hole-boring (HB) radiation pressure acceleration (RPA) at intensities around 1021 W cm−2 is reexamined. It is found that hole-boring RPA can occur well below the relativistically corrected critical density in numerical simulations, with average proton energies in good agreement with established formulas. This suggests that protons in this energy range can be produced via HB RPA at around 1021 W cm−2. It is also shown that the prospects of doing this could be improved by using lasers of the same intensity but longer wavelength.

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Production of high energy protons with hole-boring radiation pressure acceleration

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2011

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“…As a result, the relativistic motion of electrons at these laser intensities is strongly modified [12,13]. It leads to much lower electron energies than the ones one would expect neglecting RR [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. It has also been noticed that free electrons can be attracted to the positions of electric field peaks in the near-QED regime by creating a standing wave structure with multiple lasers [24][25][26].…”

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Radiation-Reaction Trapping of Electrons in Extreme Laser Fields

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“…Though not yet as widespread as LL, the Sokolov model has attracted attention in recent years, with application to ion acceleration [35,36] and generation of high energy synchrotron radiation [37][38][39][40][41]. Despite the emergence of two distinct theories, there has been surprisingly little discussion of the relation between LL and Sokolov.…”

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Role of momentum and velocity for radiating electrons

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Hole Boring in a DT Pellet and Fast-Ion Ignition with Ultraintense Laser Pulses

Cited by 260 publications

References 19 publications

Production of high energy protons with hole-boring radiation pressure acceleration

Production of high energy protons with hole-boring radiation pressure acceleration

Radiation-Reaction Trapping of Electrons in Extreme Laser Fields

Role of momentum and velocity for radiating electrons

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