00000cmm a22000004a 4500 UP-99796217611235832 Buklod 20230215085534.0 m go j cr |n |||auu|a 110112s2011 xx u | eng d 9783642150401 (eBook) 3642150403 (eBook) (iLib)UPD-00215704996 DML eng DMLUC QC 718.5 L3 S65 2011eb Sokollik, Thomas Investigations of field dynamics in laser plasmas with proton imaging [electronic resource] Thomas Sokollik. Berlin Heidelberg Springer c2011. 1 online resource (xiii, 123 p.) ill Springer theses Introduction. Basics. Ultra Short and Intense Laser Pulses -- Plasma Physics -- Ion Acceleration -- Laser System -- Proton Beam Characterization. Proton and Ion Spectra.-Beam Emittance -- Virtual Source Dynamics -- Proton Imaging. Principle of Proton Imaging -- Imaging Plasmas of Irradiated Foils -- Mass-Limited Targets -- Streak Deflectometry -- Summary and Outlook. Apendix A - Zernike Polynomials -- Appendix B ? Gated MCO?s -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgements. IP-based subscription, access limited to within on-campus computer network. Access via Electronic Resources of the UPD University Library Website. Laser driven proton beams are still in their infancy but already have some outstanding attributes compared to those from conventional accelerators. One such attribute is the typically low beam emittance. This allows excellent resolution in imaging applications like proton radiography. In the thesis by Thomas Sokollik a novel imaging technique - the proton streak camera - was developed and first used to measure both the spatial and temporal evolution of ultra-strong electrical fields in laser-driven plasmas. Such investigations are of paramount importance for the understanding of laser-plasma interactions and, thus, for optimization of laser driven particle acceleration. In particular, the present work investigated micrometer-sized spherical targets after laser irradiation. The confined geometry of plasmas and fields was found to influence the kinetic energy and spatial distribution of accelerated ions. This could be shown both in experimental radiography images and and in numerical simulations, one of which was selected for the cover page of Physical Review Letters. Electronic reproduction. New York SpringerLink 2011. Available via World Wide Web through SpringerLink. Laser plasmas. Electronic books. SpringerLink (Online service). Electronic Resource Available for University of the Philippines Diliman via SpringerLink. Click here to access http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-15040-1 FO Monograph UPD DMLR Electronic Resource