Published August 1, 2010 | Version v1
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Proton acceleration experiments with Z-Petawatt

Creators

  • 1. University of Texas at Austin, TX (United States)
  • 2. Technische Universitat Darmstadt (Germany)

Description

The outline of this presentation: (1) Proton acceleration with high-power lasers - Target Normal Sheath Acceleration concept; (2) Proton acceleration with mass-reduced targets - Breaking the 60 MeV threshold; (3) Proton beam divergence control - Novel focusing target geometry; and (4) New experimental capability development - Proton radiography on Z.

Availability note (English)

Available from Sandia National Laboratories

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
23 p.
Report number
SAND--2010-5436C

Conference

Title
Conference on High Power Lasers
Dates
3-5 Aug 2010
Place
Santa Fe, NM (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
42098167
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
ACCELERATION; FOCUSING; GEOMETRY; LASERS; PROTON BEAMS; PROTON RADIOGRAPHY; PROTONS; TARGETS
Descriptors DEC
BARYONS; BEAMS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICS; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; NUCLEON BEAMS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE BEAMS; TESTING

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
AC04-94AL85000
Notes
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Funding organization
US Department of Energy (United States)