R. J. Dance

TL;DR: A hybrid acceleration scheme based on the relativistic induced transparency mechanism using linearly polarised laser interaction with foil targets is demonstrated and its future implication in using high power lasers is explored.

TL;DR: It is demonstrated experimentally and numerically via 3D particle-in-cell simulations that the degree of ellipticity of the laser polarization strongly influences the spatial-intensity distribution of the beam of multi-MeV protons.

TL;DR: In this paper, the scaling of maximum proton energy and total beam energy content at ultra-high intensities of ∼1021 W cm−2 was investigated, with the interplay between target thickness and laser pre-pulse found to be a key factor.

TL;DR: In this article, an electron beam is generated with a spatial structure that can be changed by varying the characteristics of the laser pulse, resulting in a relativistic plasma aperture and diffraction.

TL;DR: The observations of spectra from these exotic states of matter are supported by detailed kinetics calculations, and are consistent with a picture in which an intense polychromatic x-ray field, formed from Thomson scattering and bremsstrahlung in the electrostatic fields at the target surface, drives the KK hollow atom production.