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Radiation reaction effects on ion acceleration in laser foil interaction

Plasma Physics 2009-09-29 v1 Accelerator Physics

Abstract

Radiation reaction effects on ion acceleration in laser foil interaction are investigated via analytical modeling and multi-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. We find the radiation effects are important in the area where some electrons move backwards due to static charge separation field at the laser intensity of 1022 W=cm2. Radiation reaction tends to impede these backwards motion. In the optical transparency region ion acceleration is enhanced when the radiation effects are considered.

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@article{arxiv.0909.5144,
  title  = {Radiation reaction effects on ion acceleration in laser foil interaction},
  author = {Min Chen and Alexander Pukhov and Tong-Pu Yu and Zheng-Ming Sheng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.5144},
  year   = {2009}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures