Publication Date:
2012-05-30
Description:
Author(s): C. A. J. Palmer, J. Schreiber, S. R. Nagel, N. P. Dover, C. Bellei, F. N. Beg, S. Bott, R. J. Clarke, A. E. Dangor, S. M. Hassan, P. Hilz, D. Jung, S. Kneip, S. P. D. Mangles, K. L. Lancaster, A. Rehman, A. P. L. Robinson, C. Spindloe, J. Szerypo, M. Tatarakis, M. Yeung, M. Zepf, and Z. Najmudin We report experimental evidence for a Rayleigh-Taylor-like instability driven by radiation pressure of an ultraintense ( 10 21 W/cm 2 ) laser pulse. The instability is witnessed by the highly modulated profile of the accelerated proton beam produced when the laser irradiates a 5 nm diamondlike carbon (... [Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 225002] Published Tue May 29, 2012
Keywords:
Plasma and Beam Physics
Print ISSN:
0031-9007
Electronic ISSN:
1079-7114
Topics:
Physics
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