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Scott GG, Carroll DC, Astbury S, Clarke RJ, Hernandez-Gomez C, King M, Alejo A, Arteaga IY, Dance RJ, Higginson A, Hook S, Liao G, Liu H, Mirfayzi SR, Rusby DR, Selwood MP, Spindloe C, Tolley MK, Wagner F, Zemaityte E, Borghesi M, Kar S, Li Y, Roth M, McKenna P, Neely D. Dual Ion Species Plasma Expansion from Isotopically Layered Cryogenic Targets. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 120:204801. [PMID: 29864368 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.120.204801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2017] [Revised: 02/19/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
Abstract
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 species at the target-vacuum interface of a hydrogen plasma. Modeling shows that by controlling the deuterium layer thickness, a composite H^{+}/D^{+} ion beam can be produced by target normal sheath acceleration (TNSA), with an adjustable ratio of ion densities, as high energy proton acceleration is suppressed by the acceleration of a spectrally peaked deuteron beam. Particle in cell modeling shows that a (4.3±0.7) MeV per nucleon deuteron beam is accelerated, in a directional cone of half angle 9°. Experimentally, this was investigated using state of the art cryogenic targetry and a spectrally peaked deuteron beam of (3.4±0.7) MeV per nucleon was measured in a cone of half angle 7°-9°, while maintaining a significant TNSA proton component.
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Affiliation(s)
- G G Scott
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - S Astbury
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - R J Clarke
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - C Hernandez-Gomez
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - M King
- Department of Physics SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom
| | - A Alejo
- Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
| | - I Y Arteaga
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - R J Dance
- Department of Physics SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom
| | - A Higginson
- Department of Physics SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom
| | - S Hook
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - G Liao
- Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (MoE) and Department of Physics and Astronomy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
| | - H Liu
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
| | - S R Mirfayzi
- Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
| | - D R Rusby
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
- Department of Physics SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom
| | - M P Selwood
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - C Spindloe
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - M K Tolley
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
| | - F Wagner
- PHELIX group, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt 64291, Germany
| | - E Zemaityte
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
- Department of Physics SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom
| | - M Borghesi
- Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
| | - S Kar
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
- Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
| | - Y Li
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
| | - M Roth
- Fachbereich Physik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Darmstadt 64289, Germany
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- Department of Physics SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom
| | - D Neely
- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
- Department of Physics SUPA, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G4 0NG, United Kingdom
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