• Title of article

    Generation of fast protons by interaction of modest laser intensities with H2O “snow” nano-wire targets

  • Author/Authors

    Bruner، نويسنده , , Nir and Schleifer، نويسنده , , Elad and Palchan، نويسنده , , Tala and Pikuz، نويسنده , , Sergey A. and Eisenmann، نويسنده , , Shmuel and Botton، نويسنده , , Mordechai and Gordon، نويسنده , , Dan and Zigler، نويسنده , , Arie، نويسنده ,

  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    156
  • To page
    158
  • Abstract
    We report on the generation of protons with energies of 5.5 MeV when irradiating an H2O nano-wire layer grown on a sapphire plate with an intensity of 5×1017 W/cm2. A theoretical model is suggested in which plasma near the tip of the wire is subject to enhanced electrical fields and protons are accelerated to several MeVs.
  • Keywords
    Laser beams , Nanoparticles , Proton beams , Laser acceleration , Sapphire
  • Journal title
    Astroparticle Physics
  • Record number

    2017950