Study of the laser plasma interaction and energetic electron beam production using the LSP code

Author

He, Fei ; Wei, Mingsheng ; Beg, Farhat ; Krasheninnikov, Sergei ; Stephens, Richard ; Welch, Dale

Author_Institution

Center for Energy Res., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA

fYear

2006

fDate

4-8 June 2006

Firstpage

120

Lastpage

120

Abstract

Summary form only given. LSP simulations for a short pulse (0.3 ps) high intensity laser (a₀=2) interacting with an isolated 20-mum diameter wire target have predicted that the energetic electrons have a maximum energy of 2 MeV with an average temperature of 0.15 MeV. Strong self-generated magnetic fields (10´s of MG) should be produced by the current flowing through the wire. It has been proposed that the fields produced at the focal spot and flowing through the wire can be detected using proton deflectometry. We have studied the proton dynamics for current flowing in the wire and show that the deflection observed in the radiochromic film detectors can be related to the field structure around the wire

Keywords

electron beams; plasma diagnostics; plasma light propagation; plasma simulation; plasma temperature; plasma transport processes; plasma-beam interactions; 0.3 ps; 2 MeV; 20 mum; LSP simulations; energetic electron beam production; field structure; focal spot; laser plasma interaction; proton deflectometry; proton dynamics; radiochromic film detectors; self-generated magnetic fields; Detectors; Electron beams; Magnetic fields; Optical pulses; Plasma simulation; Plasma temperature; Predictive models; Production; Protons; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Plasma Science, 2006. ICOPS 2006. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts. The 33rd IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Traverse City, MI

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0125-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PLASMA.2006.1706992

Filename

1706992