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Spectral and angular characterization of laser-produced proton beams from dosimetric measurements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2004

E. BRESCHI ,
M. BORGHESI ,
D. H. CAMPBELL ,
M. GALIMBERTI ,
D. GIULIETTI ,
L. A. GIZZI ,
L. ROMAGNANI ,
A. SCHIAVI  and
O. WILLI
E. BRESCHI
Affiliation:
Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory, IPCF/CNR, Pisa, Italy
M. BORGHESI
Affiliation:
Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Queen's University of Belfast, United Kingdom
D. H. CAMPBELL
Affiliation:
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, United Kingdom
M. GALIMBERTI
Affiliation:
Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory, IPCF/CNR, Pisa, Italy Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa, Italy and UdR INFM Pisa
D. GIULIETTI
Affiliation:
Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory, IPCF/CNR, Pisa, Italy Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Pisa, Italy and UdR INFM Pisa
L. A. GIZZI
Affiliation:
Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory, IPCF/CNR, Pisa, Italy
L. ROMAGNANI
Affiliation:
Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Queen's University of Belfast, United Kingdom
A. SCHIAVI
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Energetica, Università “La Sapienza,” Roma, Italy
O. WILLI
Affiliation:
Institut fr Laser-und Plasmaphysik, Heinrich-Heine-Universitae, Duesseldorf, Germany
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Abstract

In this paper, we report the first results of dosimetric analysis of broad-spectrum, multi-MeV laser accelerated proton beams obtained during experiments at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory using the Chirped Pulse beam of the Vulcan laser. The spectra are retrieved by a numerical analysis that allows the reconstruction of the energetic profile of the proton beam from data obtained using radiochromic film.

Keywords

Proton beamsUltra intense laser-matter interaction
Type
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON LASER AND PLASMA ACCELERATORS
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , October 2004 , pp. 393 - 397
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

This paper was delivered at the International Workshop on Laser and Plasma Accelerators, held at Portovenere, Italy, September 29 to October 3, 2003.

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