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Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 9, Issue 2, 024001(2024)

Collisionless shock acceleration of protons in a plasma slab produced in a gas jet by the collision of two laser-driven hydrodynamic shockwaves

J.-R. Marquès1、a), L. Lancia1, P. Loiseau2,3, P. Forestier-Colleoni1, M. Tarisien4, E. Atukpor4, V. Bagnoud5,6, C. Brabetz5, F. Consoli7, J. Domange4, F. Hannachi4, P. Nicolaï8, M. Salvadori7, and B. Zielbauer5
Author Affiliations
  • 1LULI, CNRS, École Polytechnique, CEA, Sorbonne Université, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France
  • 2CEA, DAM, DIF, 91297 Arpajon Cedex, France
  • 3Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, LMCE, 91680 Bruyères-le-Chatel, France
  • 4CENBG, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Bordeaux, 33175 Gradignan Cedex, France
  • 5GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
  • 6University of Darmstadt, Schloßgartenstr., 764289 Darmstadt, Germany
  • 7ENEA Fusion and Technologies for Nuclear Safety Department, C.R. Frascati, Via Enrico Fermi 45, Frascati, Rome, Italy
  • 8CELIA, Université de Bordeaux–CNRS–CEA, 33405 Talence, France
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    J.-R. Marquès, L. Lancia, P. Loiseau, P. Forestier-Colleoni, M. Tarisien, E. Atukpor, V. Bagnoud, C. Brabetz, F. Consoli, J. Domange, F. Hannachi, P. Nicolaï, M. Salvadori, B. Zielbauer. Collisionless shock acceleration of protons in a plasma slab produced in a gas jet by the collision of two laser-driven hydrodynamic shockwaves[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(2): 024001

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    Received: Sep. 26, 2023

    Accepted: Dec. 5, 2023

    Published Online: Apr. 15, 2024

    The Author Email: Marquès J.-R. (jean-raphael.marques@polytechnique.fr)

    DOI:10.1063/5.0178253

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