| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R71979/01 |
| Title: |
Fokker-Planck simulations of transport and absorption in laser-produced plasmas |
| Principal Investigator: |
Bell, Professor AR |
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Physics |
| Organisation: |
Imperial College London |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 May 2002 |
Ends: |
30 September 2005 |
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164,975
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Dramatic progress in the development of short pulse high intensity lasers has led the physics of laser-solid interactions into a completely new regime. At present laser intensities (10^19 W/cm^2) electrons in the laser beam oscillate relativistically. Intense fluxes of MeV ions and gamma rays as well as electrons are generated in short pulses. These experiments may result in the development of practical high energy particle and photon sources. The key to understand these extreme conditions is successful modelling of absorption and transport processes in laser-irradiated solid targets. Previously this has been impossible because transport codes are unable to model absorption and vice versa. Built upon our extensive previous experience, we will be able to write the first code to correctly model this difficult regime and simulate and explain experimental phenomena. As an important by-product we will have developed new simulation techniques which can be expected to be used widely in plasma physics.
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