Dynamics of self-generated, large amplitude magnetic fields following high-intensity laser matter interaction

G. Sarri; A. MacChi; C. A. Cecchetti; S. Kar; T. V. Liseykina; X. H. Yang; M. E. Dieckmann; J. Fuchs; M. Galimberti; L. A. Gizzi; R. Jung; I. Kourakis; J. Osterholz; F. Pegoraro; A. P.L. Robinson; L. Romagnani; O. Willi; M. Borghesi

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.205002

Dynamics of self-generated, large amplitude magnetic fields following high-intensity laser matter interaction

G. Sarri, A. MacChi, C. A. Cecchetti, S. Kar, T. V. Liseykina, X. H. Yang, M. E. Dieckmann, J. Fuchs, M. Galimberti, L. A. Gizzi, R. Jung, I. Kourakis, J. Osterholz, F. Pegoraro, A. P.L. Robinson, L. Romagnani, O. Willi, M. Borghesi

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Abstract

The dynamics of magnetic fields with an amplitude of several tens of megagauss, generated at both sides of a solid target irradiated with a high-intensity (∼1019W/cm2) picosecond laser pulse, has been spatially and temporally resolved using a proton imaging technique. The amplitude of the magnetic fields is sufficiently large to have a constraining effect on the radial expansion of the plasma sheath at the target surfaces. These results, supported by numerical simulations and simple analytical modeling, may have implications for ion acceleration driven by the plasma sheath at the rear side of the target as well as for the laboratory study of self-collimated high-energy plasma jets.

Original language	British English
Article number	205002
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	109
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.205002
State	Published - 13 Nov 2012

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Sarri, G., MacChi, A., Cecchetti, C. A., Kar, S., Liseykina, T. V., Yang, X. H., Dieckmann, M. E., Fuchs, J., Galimberti, M., Gizzi, L. A., Jung, R., Kourakis, I., Osterholz, J., Pegoraro, F., Robinson, A. P. L., Romagnani, L., Willi, O., & Borghesi, M. (2012). Dynamics of self-generated, large amplitude magnetic fields following high-intensity laser matter interaction. Physical Review Letters, 109(20), Article 205002. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.205002

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