Super-Heavy Ions Acceleration Driven by Ultrashort Laser Pulses at Ultrahigh Intensity
Pengjie Wang, Zheng Gong, Seong Geun Lee, Yinren Shou, Yixing Geng, Cheonha Jeon, I Jong Kim, Hwang Woon Lee, Jin Woo Yoon, Jae Hee Sung, Seong Ku Lee, Defeng Kong, Jianbo Liu, Zhusong Mei, Zhengxuan Cao, Zhuo Pan, Il Woo Choi, Xueqing Yan, Chang Hee Nam, Wenjun Ma
Abstract
Laser ion acceleration driven by the utmost intense laser pulses pushes superheavy gold ions to unprecedented energies, key for applications ranging from nuclear physics to next-generation accelerators.
Topics & Concepts
IonAccelerationLaserUltrashort pulseMaterials sciencePhysicsOpticsRangingAtomic physicsRange (aeronautics)Plasma accelerationLaser rangingOptoelectronicsUltrafast laser spectroscopyIntensity (physics)Ultrashort pulse laserFemtosecond pulse shapingPlasmaPulse (music)Pulsed laserX-ray laserLaser-Plasma Interactions and DiagnosticsLaser-Matter Interactions and ApplicationsAtomic and Molecular Physics