Characterization of laser-driven proton beams from near-critical density targets using copper activation
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L. Willingale†‡, S. R. Nagel†, A. G. R. Thomas†, C. Bellei†, R. J. Clarke, A. E. Dangor, R. Heathcote, M. C. Kaluza, C. Kamperidis, S. Kneip, K. Krushelnick, N. Lopes, S. P. D. Mangles, W. Nazarov, P. M. Nilson† and Z. Najmudin Center for Ultrafast Optical Science, University of Michigan, 2200 Bonisteel Boulevard, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551, USA Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Oxon OX11 0QX, UK Blackett Laboratory, The John Adams Institute for Accelerator Science, Imperial College London SW7 2AZ, UK Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany Helmholtz Institute Jena, Frbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena, Germany GoLP, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal High Energy Laser Materials R&D Laboratory, University of St Andrews, Unit 4, St Andrews NTC, North Haugh, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, UK Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14623, USA
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