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<mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 03/2016 |
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<mark>Journal</mark> | Journal of Physics: Conference Series |
Issue number | 1 |
Volume | 688 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Publication Status | Published |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
Event | 8th International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications (IFSA) - Nara, Japan Duration: 8/09/2013 → 13/09/2013 |
Conference | 8th International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications (IFSA) |
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Country/Territory | Japan |
City | Nara |
Period | 8/09/13 → 13/09/13 |
We perform relativistic-intensity laser experiments using the Omega EP laser to investigate channeling phenomena and particle acceleration in underdense plasmas. A fundamental understanding of these processes is of importance to the hole-boring fast ignition scheme for inertial confinement fusion. Proton probing was used to image the electromagnetic fields formed as the Omega EP laser pulse generated a channel through underdense plasma. Filamentation of the channel was observed, followed by self-correction into a single channel. The channel radius as a function of time was found to be in reasonable agreement with momentum conserving snowplough models.