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2022
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The role of collisional ionization in heavy ion acceleration by high intensity laser pulses
The role of collisional ionization in heavy ion acceleration by high intensity laser pulses
We present here simulation results of the laser-driven acceleration of gold ions using the EPOCH code. Recently, an experiment reported the acceleration of gold ions up to 7 MeV/nucleon with a strong dependency of the charge-state distribution on target thickness and the detection of the highest cha...
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Personal Name(s): | Afshari, M. (Corresponding author) |
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Morris, S. / Geulig, L. D. / Chitgar, Z. M. / Gibbon, P. / Thirolf, P. G. / Schreiber, J. | |
Contributing Institute: |
Jülich Supercomputing Center; JSC |
Published in: | Scientific reports, 12 (2022) 1, S. 18260 |
Imprint: |
[London]
Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature
2022
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DOI: |
10.1038/s41598-022-23148-2 |
Document Type: |
Journal Article |
Research Program: |
Domain-Specific Simulation & Data Life Cycle Labs (SDLs) and Research Groups |
Link: |
OpenAccess |
Publikationsportal JuSER |
Please use the identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23148-2 in citations.
We present here simulation results of the laser-driven acceleration of gold ions using the EPOCH code. Recently, an experiment reported the acceleration of gold ions up to 7 MeV/nucleon with a strong dependency of the charge-state distribution on target thickness and the detection of the highest charge states Z∼72. Our simulations using a developmental branch of EPOCH (4.18-Ionization) show that collisional ionization is the most important cause of charge states beyond Z = 51 up to He-like Au. |