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High‐Intensity Laser Triggered Proton Acceleration from Ultrathin Foils
(WILEY‐VCH Verlag, 2013-02)
The recently developed PIC code MANDOR features arbitrary target design including 3D preplasma and the 6‐component laser fields of a tightly focused laser beam. The 3D simulations have been performed to model recent HERCULES ...
Plasma Discharges in Gas Bubbles in Liquid Water: Breakdown Mechanisms and Resultant Chemistry.
(2015)
The use of atmospheric pressure plasmas in gases and liquids for purification of liquids has been investigated by numerous researchers, and is highly attractive due to their strong potential as a disinfectant and sterilizer. ...
Spacecraft Charge Neutralization During Active Electron Emission
(2020)
Active (i.e. deliberate) electron emission in space is a powerful scientific technique that often proves problematic due to the spacecraft charging it induces. Indeed, effective spacecraft neutralization during active ...
Electron Acceleration and Radiation Generation from Relativistic Laser-Plasma Interactions and Statistical Methods at High Repetition-Rate
(2021)
This dissertation explores the interaction between high-intensity lasers and plasmas to accelerate electrons and produce radiation via experimental and computational efforts. The laser pulses used in this dissertation have ...
Ablation Dynamics and Instabilities of Metallic Plasmas Generated Using Mega-Ampere-Scale Current Drivers.
(2011)
This dissertation represents an experimental investigation quantifying the degree of azimuthal correlation between ablating wire cores in wire array Z-pinch loads, as well as a theoretical and experimental investigation ...
Laser Fabrication of High-K Dielectrics for High Current Cathodes.
(2008)
Triple point, defined as the junction of metal, dielectric, and vacuum, is the location where electron emission is favored in the presence of a sufficiently strong electric field. Recent work at the University of Michigan ...