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Titolo: | Laser-plasma acceleration : proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", Varenna on Lake Como, Villa Monastero, 20-25 June 2011 [[electronic resource] =] : Accelerazione laser-plasma : rendiconti della Scuola internazionale di fisica "Enrico Fermi", Varenna sul Lago di Como, Villa Monastero, 20-25 Giugno 2011 / / edited by F. Ferroni and L.A. Gizzi, directors of the course, and R. Faccini |
Pubblicazione: | Amsterdam ; ; Washington, DC, : IOS Press |
Bologna-Italy, : Società Italiana di Fisica, 2012 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (286 p.) |
Disciplina: | 539.737 |
Soggetto topico: | Plasma accelerators |
Laser plasmas | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | FerroniF (Fernando) GizziL. A (Leonida Antonio) FacciniR (Riccardo) |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | Title Page; INDICE; Preface; Gruppo fotografico dei partecipanti al Corso; Physics of high-intensity laser-plasma interactions; Introduction; Field ionization; Plasma creation and characterization; Nonlinear laser propagation in underdense plasmas; Cold fluid equations; Electromagnetic waves; Electrostatic (Langmuir) waves; Dispersion properties; Relativistic self-focussing; Ponderomotive channel formation; Plasma wave propagation; Wakefield excitation; Electron acceleration; Laser interaction with solids; Collisional heating; Collisional absorption; Collisionless absorption |
Hot electron generationIon acceleration; Numerical simulation of laser-plasma interactions; Hydrodynamics; Particle-in-cell codes; Tutorial on particle-in-cell simulation; The PIC code BOPS; Prerequisites; Installation; Running BOPS; Project I: Laser wakefield accelerator; Project II: Ion acceleration-TNSA vs. RPA; Accelerator physics: Basic principles on beam focusing and transport; Introduction; Laminar and non-laminar beams; The emittance concept; The r.m.s envelope equation; External forces; Space charge forces; Correlated emittance oscillations | |
Matching conditions in a plasma acceleratorLasers for laser-plasma acceleration; Introduction; Ultrashort laser pulses; Defining an ultrashort laser pulse; Ultrashort-pulse generation; Mode-locking; Maximising the energy; Master Oscillator Power Amplifier; Amplification; Gain saturation; Gain narrowing; Beam quality; Chirped-pulse amplification; Contrast; Laser technologies; Glass laser systems; Titanium-sapphire systems; Diode-pumped systems; Optical parametric chirped-pulse amplification systems; Conclusions; Particle beam diagnostics and control; Introduction; Beam charge measurements | |
Intercepting measurementsNon-intercepting measurements; Beam position monitors; Broad-band BPM pickups; Resonant BPM pickups; Diagnostics for the transverse phase space; Beam matrix based schemes; Phase space mapping based schemes; Beam profile measurements; Diagnostics for the longitudinal phase space; Bunch length measurements; Energy spread; Beam energy; Beam synchronous timing; Laser plasma diagnostics; Introduction; Basic physical processes; CPA lasers in experiments; Laser-solid interaction; Role of ASE in the interaction with plastic foils; Experimental signatures of preplasma | |
Propagation in gases and optical probingPropagation of ultraintense laser pulses in gas-jets; Basic spectroscopy techniques; The single-photon detection technique; Energy-resolved imaging; Fast electron transport in multilayer targets; Directional bremsstrahlung; Ion acceleration to study target resistivity; Conclusions; Preliminary results of the self-injection test experiment (SITE) at FLAME; Introduction; FLAME laser system; FLAME target area and main diagnostic; SITE preliminary results; Conclusion; Development of a Multi-GeV spectrometer for laser-plasma experiments at FLAME | |
Introduction | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Laser-plasma acceleration : proceedings of the International School of Physics "Enrico Fermi", Varenna on Lake Como, Villa Monastero, 20-25 June 2011 |
ISBN: | 1-283-92038-7 |
1-61499-129-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910462854703321 |
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