1. Magnetically-guided fast electrons in cylindrically-compressed matter
- Author
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Pérez, F, Debayle, A, Honrubia, J, Koenig, M, Batani, D, Baton, S, Beg, F, Benedetti, C, Brambrink, E, Chawla, S, Dorchies, F, Fourment, C, Galimberti, M, Gizzi, L, Gremillet, L, Heathcote, R, Higginson, D, Hulin, S, Jafer, R, Koester, P, Labate, L, Lancaster, K, Mackinnon, A, Macphee, A, Nazarov, W, Nicolai, P, Pasley, J, Ramis, R, Richetta, M, Santos, J, Sgattoni, A, Spindloe, C, Vauzour, B, Volpe, L, Baton, SD, Beg, FN, Brambrink,E, Gizzi, LA, Higginson,DP, Lancaster, KL, MacKinnon, AJ, MacPhee, AG, Santos, JJ, BATANI, DINO DIMITRI, JAFER, RASHIDA, VOLPE, LUCA, Pérez, F, Debayle, A, Honrubia, J, Koenig, M, Batani, D, Baton, S, Beg, F, Benedetti, C, Brambrink, E, Chawla, S, Dorchies, F, Fourment, C, Galimberti, M, Gizzi, L, Gremillet, L, Heathcote, R, Higginson, D, Hulin, S, Jafer, R, Koester, P, Labate, L, Lancaster, K, Mackinnon, A, Macphee, A, Nazarov, W, Nicolai, P, Pasley, J, Ramis, R, Richetta, M, Santos, J, Sgattoni, A, Spindloe, C, Vauzour, B, Volpe, L, Baton, SD, Beg, FN, Brambrink,E, Gizzi, LA, Higginson,DP, Lancaster, KL, MacKinnon, AJ, MacPhee, AG, Santos, JJ, BATANI, DINO DIMITRI, JAFER, RASHIDA, and VOLPE, LUCA
- Abstract
Fast electrons produced by a 10 ps, 160 J laser pulse through laser-compressed plastic cylinders are studied experimentally and numerically in the context of fast ignition. K(alpha)-emission images reveal a collimated or scattered electron beam depending on the initial density and the compression timing. A numerical transport model shows that implosion-driven electrical resistivity gradients induce strong magnetic fields able to guide the electrons. The good agreement with measured beam sizes provides the first experimental evidence for fast-electron magnetic collimation in laser-compressed matter
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- 2011