Optimization of laser-nanowire target interaction to increase the proton acceleration efficiency

M. Dozières, F. N. Beg(University of California San Diego), A. Maksimchuk(University of Michigan), M. G. Capeluto(Universidad de Buenos Aires), K. Krushelnick(University of Michigan), G. M. Petrov(United States Naval Research Laboratory), J. J. Rocca(Colorado State University), C. McGuffey(General Atomics (United States)), Vural Kaymak(Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf), A. Pukhov(Forschungszentrum Jülich), P. T. Campbell(University of Michigan), P. Forestier-Colleoni(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Vyacheslav N. Shlyaptsev(Colorado State University), R. Hollinger(Colorado State University)
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
April 2, 2019
10.1088/1361-6587/ab157c
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