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Proton acceleration enhanced by a plasma jet in expanding foils undergoing relativistic transparency by Powell, H W, King, M, Gray, R J, MacLellan, D A, Gonzalez-Izquierdo, B, Stockhausen, L C, Hicks, G, Dover, N P, Rusby, D R, Carroll, D C, Padda, H, Torres, R, Kar, S, Clarke, R J, Musgrave, I O, Najmudin, Z, Borghesi, M, Neely, D, McKenna, P

“…Ion acceleration driven by the interaction of an ultraintense (2 × 1020 W cm−2) laser pulse with an ultrathin ( nm) foil target is experimentally and…”
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Energy absorption and coupling to electrons in the transition from surface- to volume-dominant intense laser-plasma interaction regimes by Williamson, S D R, Gray, R J, King, M, Wilson, R, Dance, R J, Armstrong, C, Rusby, D R, Brabetz, C, Wagner, F, Zielbauer, B, Bagnoud, V, Neely, D, McKenna, P

“…The coupling of laser energy to electrons is fundamental to almost all topics in intense laser-plasma interactions, including laser-driven particle and…”
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Diagnosis of Weibel instability evolution in the rear surface density scale lengths of laser solid interactions via proton acceleration by Scott, G G, Brenner, C M, Bagnoud, V, Clarke, R J, Gonzalez-Izquierdo, B, Green, J S, Heathcote, R I, Powell, H W, Rusby, D R, Zielbauer, B, McKenna, P, Neely, D

“…It is shown for the first time that the spatial and temporal distribution of laser accelerated protons can be used as a diagnostic of Weibel instability…”
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Effect of rear surface fields on hot, refluxing and escaping electron populations via numerical simulations by Rusby, D. R., Armstrong, C. D., Scott, G. G., King, M., McKenna, P., Neely, D.

“…After a population of laser-driven hot electrons traverses a limited thickness solid target, these electrons will encounter the rear surface, creating TV/m…”
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Annular fast electron transport in silicon arising from low-temperature resistivity by MacLellan, D A, Carroll, D C, Gray, R J, Booth, N, Burza, M, Desjarlais, M P, Du, F, Gonzalez-Izquierdo, B, Neely, D, Powell, H W, Robinson, A P L, Rusby, D R, Scott, G G, Yuan, X H, Wahlström, C-G, McKenna, P

“…Fast electron transport in Si, driven by ultraintense laser pulses, is investigated experimentally and via 3D hybrid particle-in-cell simulations. A transition…”
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Azimuthal asymmetry in collective electron dynamics in relativistically transparent laser-foil interactions by Gray, R J, MacLellan, D A, Gonzalez-Izquierdo, B, Powell, H W, Carroll, D C, Murphy, C D, Stockhausen, L C, Rusby, D R, Scott, G G, Wilson, R, Booth, N, Symes, D R, Hawkes, S J, Torres, R, Borghesi, M, Neely, D, McKenna, P

“…Asymmetry in the collective dynamics of ponderomotively-driven electrons in the interaction of an ultraintense laser pulse with a relativistically transparent…”
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Dual Ion Species Plasma Expansion from Isotopically Layered Cryogenic Targets by Scott, G. G., Carroll, D. C., Astbury, S., Clarke, R. J., Hernandez-Gomez, C., King, M., Alejo, A., Arteaga, I. Y., Dance, R. J., Higginson, A., Hook, S., Liao, G., Liu, H., Mirfayzi, S. R., Rusby, D. R., Selwood, M. P., Spindloe, C., Tolley, M. K., Wagner, F., Zemaityte, E., Borghesi, M., Kar, S., Li, Y., Roth, M., McKenna, P., Neely, D.

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Experimental demonstration of a compact epithermal neutron source based on a high power laser by Mirfayzi, S. R., Alejo, A., Ahmed, H., Raspino, D., Ansell, S., Wilson, L. A., Armstrong, C., Butler, N. M. H., Clarke, R. J., Higginson, A., Kelleher, J., Murphy, C. D., Notley, M., Rusby, D. R., Schooneveld, E., Borghesi, M., McKenna, P., Rhodes, N. J., Neely, D., Brenner, C. M., Kar, S.

“…Epithermal neutrons from pulsed-spallation sources have revolutionised neutron science allowing scientists to acquire new insight into the structure and…”
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Dual Ion Species Plasma Expansion from Isotopically Layered Cryogenic Targets by Scott, G G, Carroll, D C, Astbury, S, Clarke, R J, Hernandez-Gomez, C, King, M, Alejo, A, Arteaga, I Y, Dance, R J, Higginson, A, Hook, S, Liao, G, Liu, H, Mirfayzi, S R, Rusby, D R, Selwood, M P, Spindloe, C, Tolley, M K, Wagner, F, Zemaityte, E, Borghesi, M, Kar, S, Li, Y, Roth, M, McKenna, P, Neely, D

“…A dual ion species plasma expansion scheme from a novel target structure is introduced, in which a nanometer-thick layer of pure deuterium exists as a buffer…”
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Bremsstrahlung emission from high power laser interactions with constrained targets for industrial radiography by Armstrong, C. D., Brenner, C. M., Jones, C., Rusby, D. R., Davidson, Z. E., Zhang, Y., Wragg, J., Richards, S., Spindloe, C., Oliveira, P., Notley, M., Clarke, R., Mirfayzi, S. R., Kar, S., Li, Y., Scott, T., McKenna, P., Neely, D.

“…Laser–solid interactions are highly suited as a potential source of high energy X-rays for nondestructive imaging. A bright, energetic X-ray pulse can be…”
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Reflection of intense laser light from microstructured targets as a potential diagnostic of laser focus and plasma temperature by Jarrett, J., King, M., Gray, R. J., Neumann, N., Döhl, L., Baird, C. D., Ebert, T., Hesse, M., Tebartz, A., Rusby, D. R., Woolsey, N. C., Neely, D., Roth, M., McKenna, P.

“…The spatial-intensity profile of light reflected during the interaction of an intense laser pulse with a microstructured target is investigated experimentally…”
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Role of magnetic field evolution on filamentary structure formation in intense laser–foil interactions by King, M., Butler, N. M. H., Wilson, R., Capdessus, R., Gray, R. J., Powell, H. W., Dance, R. J., Padda, H., Gonzalez-Izquierdo, B., Rusby, D. R., Dover, N. P., Hicks, G. S., Ettlinger, O. C., Scullion, C., Carroll, D. C., Najmudin, Z., Borghesi, M., Neely, D., McKenna, P.

“…Filamentary structures can form within the beam of protons accelerated during the interaction of an intense laser pulse with an ultrathin foil target. Such…”
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Application of compact laser-driven accelerator X-ray sources for industrial imaging by Gruse, J.-N., Streeter, M.J.V., Thornton, C., Armstrong, C.D., Baird, C.D., Bourgeois, N., Cipiccia, S., Finlay, O.J., Gregory, C.D., Katzir, Y., Lopes, N.C., Mangles, S.P.D., Najmudin, Z., Neely, D., Pickard, L.R., Potter, K.D., Rajeev, P.P., Rusby, D.R., Underwood, C.I.D., Warnett, J.M., Williams, M.A., Wood, J.C., Murphy, C.D., Brenner, C.M., Symes, D.R.

“…X-rays generated by betatron oscillations of electrons in a laser-driven plasma accelerator were characterised and applied to imaging industrial samples. With…”
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EMP control and characterization on high-power laser systems by Bradford, P., Woolsey, N. C., Scott, G. G., Liao, G., Liu, H., Zhang, Y., Zhu, B., Armstrong, C., Astbury, S., Brenner, C., Brummitt, P., Consoli, F., East, I., Gray, R., Haddock, D., Huggard, P., Jones, P. J. R., Montgomery, E., Musgrave, I., Oliveira, P., Rusby, D. R., Spindloe, C., Summers, B., Zemaityte, E., Zhang, Z., Li, Y., McKenna, P., Neely, D.

“…Giant electromagnetic pulses (EMP) generated during the interaction of high-power lasers with solid targets can seriously degrade electrical measurements and…”
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Ion acceleration and plasma jet formation in ultra-thin foils undergoing expansion and relativistic transparency by King, M., Gray, R.J., Powell, H.W., MacLellan, D.A., Gonzalez-Izquierdo, B., Stockhausen, L.C., Hicks, G.S., Dover, N.P., Rusby, D.R., Carroll, D.C., Padda, H., Torres, R., Kar, S., Clarke, R.J., Musgrave, I.O., Najmudin, Z., Borghesi, M., Neely, D., McKenna, P.

“…At sufficiently high laser intensities, the rapid heating to relativistic velocities and resulting decompression of plasma electrons in an ultra-thin target…”
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Scaling of X-ray flux from high-intensity laser-solid interactions as a function of energy by Rusby, D. R., Brenner, C. M., Armstrong, C., Wilson, L. A., Clarke, R., Deas, R., Lockley, D., Dorkings, S., Butler, K., Cook, G., Carpenter, M., Giordmaina, R., Alejo, A., Ahmed, H., Butler, N. M. H., Haddock, D., Higginson, A., McClymont, A., Mirfayzi, S. R., Murphy, C., Notley, M., Oliver, P., Allott, R., Hernandez-Gomez, C., Kar, S., McKenna, P., Neely, D.

“…The bremsstrahlung x-rays from a laser-solid interaction have been investigated for the use of radiography. The scaling of the x-rays as a function of energy…”
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