Influence of target-rear-side short scale length density gradients on laser-driven proton acceleration

A Higginson¹, R Wilson¹, J Goodman¹, M King^1,2, R J Dance¹, N M H Butler¹, C D Armstrong^1,3, M Notley³, D C Carroll³, Y Fang⁴, X H Yuan⁴, D Neely^5,1,3, R J Gray¹ and P McKenna^6,1,2

Published 21 September 2021 • © 2021 The Author(s). Published by IOP Publishing Ltd
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Volume 63, Number 11 Special Issue on High Energy Density Physics in Memory of David Neely Citation A Higginson et al 2021 Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion 63 114001 DOI 10.1088/1361-6587/ac2035