A suppression of transverse proton divergence by a localization of high-energy electron bunch generated by an interaction between an intense laser and a foil target is investigated in this paper. When an intense laser illuminates a foil target, electrons are accelerated longitudinally by the ponderomotive force and produce a strong magnetic field. The electrons are confined by the magnetic field and an electric field is generated locally. Protons are extracted and mainly accelerated longitudinally by the local electric field. Consequently, the transverse divergence of high-energy protons is successfully suppressed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)265-270
Number of pages6
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume558
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2006
EventProceedings of the 8th International Computational Accelerator Physics Conference ICAP 2004 -
Duration: 29 Jun 20042 Jul 2004

    Research areas

  • Electron localization, High-energy proton, Laser-foil interaction

    Scopus subject areas

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics
  • Instrumentation

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