Group Publications

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2008

"Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging of Electron-Heated Targets in Petawatt Laser Experiments"
T. Ma, A. G. MacPhee, M. H. Key, K. U. Akli, T. W. Barbee Jr, A. J. MacKinnon, R. B. Stephens, L. D. Van Woerkom, B. Zhang, F. N. Beg IEEE Trans. Plasma. Sci, 36, 1274 (2008)

"High Resolution Laser Schlieren Imaging of Coronal Plasma Evolution in 80 kA X-pinches"
S. C. Bott, D. M. Haas, U. Ueda, Y. Eshaq, R. Madden, G. Collins, and F. N. Beg, IEEE Trans. Plasma. Sci, 36, 1274 (2008)

2007

"Experimental observations of transport of picosecond laser generated electrons in a nail-like target"
J. Pasley, M. Wei, E. Shipton, S. Chen, T. Ma, and F. N. Beg, N. Alexander and R. Stephens A. G. MacPhee, D. Hey, S. Le Pape, P. Patel, A. Mackinnon, and M. Key. D. Offermann, A. Link, E. Chowdhury, L. Van-Woerkom, and R. R. Freeman, Phys Plasmas, 14, 120701 (2007)

"Creation of hot dense matter in short-pulse laser-plasma interaction with titanium tamped foils"
S. N. Chen, G. Gregori, H.-K. Chung, R. G. Evans, R. R. Freeman, E. Garcia Saiz, S. H. Glenzer, S. B. Hansen, F. Khattak, J. A. King, A. J. Mackinnon, M. N. Notley, J. R. Pasley, P. K. Patel, D. Riley, R. B. Stephens, R. L. Weber, S. C. Wilks and F. N. Beg, Phys Plasmas 14, 102701(2007)

"Simulations investigating the effect of a Deuterium-Tritium-ice coating on the motion of the gold cone surface in a re-entrant cone-guided fast ignition inertial confinement fusion capsule"
J. Pasley and R. Stephens, Phys. Plasmas 14 054501, (2007)

"Surface heating of wire plasmas using laser irradiated cone geometries"
J.S. Green, K.L. Lancaster, K.U. Akli, C.D. Gregory, F.N. Beg, S.N. Chen, D. Clark, R.R. Freeman, S. Hawkes, C. Hernandez-Gomez, H. Habara, R. Heathcote, D.S. Hey, K. Highbarger, M.H. Key, R. Kodama, K. Krushelnick, I. Musgrave, H. Nakamura, M. Nakatsutsumi, N. Patel, R. Stephens, M. Storm, M. Tampo, W. Theobald, L. Van Woerkom, R.L. Weber, M.S. Wei, N.C. Woolsey, and P.A. Norreys, Nature Physics, 3, 853, (2007)

"Dynamics of low-density coronal plasma in low current X-pinches"
D.M. Haas, S.C. Bott, F.N. Beg, T. Zhang, V. Vikhrev, B. Bucker, D. Fedin, E. Baranova, Y. Eshaq, S.I.Krashenninikov, Plasma Phys Control. Fusion, 49, p1151 (2007)

"XUV harmonic radiation as a probe of high density relativistic plasmas"
K. Krushelnick, W. Rozmus, U. Wagner, F.N. Beg, S. Bochkarov, E.L. Clark, A.E. Dangor, R.G. Evans, A. Gopal, H. Habara, S.P.D. Mangles, P. Norreys, A. Robinson, M.Tatarakis, M. S. Wei and M. Zepf, SUBMITTED to Phys. Rev. E.

"The Formation of Precursor Structures in Cylindrical and “4 × 4” Wire Arrays" [invited paper]
Simon C. Bott, Sergey V. Lebedev, S. N. Bland, Jeremy P. Chittenden, Gareth N. Hall, Francisco A. Suzuki Vidal, Alberto Marocchino, James B. A. Palmer, David J. Ampleford, and Chris A. Jennings, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci, 35, p165, (2007)

"Study of energy transfer in tabletop X-pinch driven by a water line"
F.N. Beg, T. Zhang, D. Fedin, B. Beagen, E. Chua, J.Y. Lee, R.S. Rawat, P. Lee, Physica Scripta, 76, 134, (2007)

"Neutron yield from a high repetition rate table-top neutron source"
S.V. Springham, S. Mahmood, T. Zhang, R.S. Rawat, T.L. Tan, M. Krishnan, F.N. Beg, S. Lee, H. Schmidt, P. Lee SUBMITTED to Applied Physics Letters

"Comparison of sensitivities of Moire deflectometry and interferometry to measure electron densities in Z-pinch plasmas"
J. Ruiz-Camacho, F. N. Beg and P. Lee,J. Physics D: Applied Physics, 40, p2026 (2007)

2006

"Development of an in situ peak intensity measurement method for ultraintense single shot laser-plasma experiments at the Sandia Z petawatt facility"
A. Link, E. A. Chowdhury, J. T. Morrison, V. M. Ovchinnikov, D. Offermann, L. Van Woerkom, R. Freeman, J. Pasley, E. Shipton, F. Beg, P. Rambo, J. Schwarz, M. Geissel, A. Edens, and J. L. Porter, Rev. Sci. Instrumen. 77, 10E723, (2006)

"Study of electron and proton isochoric heating for fast ignition"
M. H. Key, K. Akli, F. Beg, M. H. Chen, H.-K. Chung, R. R. Freeman, M. E. Foord, J. S. Green, P. Gu, G. Gregori, H. Habara, S. P. Hatchett, D. hey, J. M. Hill, J. A. King, R. Kodama, J. A. Koch, K. Lancaster, B. F. Lasinski, B. Langdon, A. J. Mackinnon, C. D. Murphy, P. A. Norreys, N. Patel, P. Patel, J. Pasley, R. A. Snavely, R. B. Stephens, C. Stoeckl, M. Tabak, W. Theobald, K. Tanaka, R. Town, S. C. Wilks, T. Yabuuchi, and B. Zhang, J. Phys IV France, 133, p.371-378 (2006)

"Overview of recent progress in US fast ignition research
R. R. Freeman, K. Akli, F. beg, R. betti, S. Chen, D. J. Clark, P. M. Gu, G. Gregori, S. P. Hatchett, D. Hey, K. Highbarger, J. M. Hill, N. Izumi, M. Key, J. A. King, J. A. Koch, B. Lasinski, B. Langdon, A. J. Mackinnon, D. Meyerhofer, N. Patel, P. Patel, J. Pasley, H. S. Park, C. Ren, R. A. Snavely, R. B. Stephens, C. Stoeckl, M. Tabak, R. Town, L. Van Woerkom, R. Weber, S. C. Wilks, and B. B. Zhang, J. Phys. IV France 133, p95-100, (2006)

"Reduction of proton acceleration in high-intensity laser interaction with solid two-layer targets"
M. S. Wei, J. R. Davies, E. L. Clark, F. N. Beg, A. Gopal, M. Tatarakis, L. Willingale, P. Nilson, A. E. Dangor, P. A. Norreys, M. Zepft and K. krushelnick, Physics of Plasmas, 13, 123101 (2006)

"Magnetic reconnection and plasma dynamics in two-beam laser-solid interactions"
P. M. Nilson, L. Willingale, M. C. Kaluza, C. Kamperidis, S. Minardi, M. S. Wei, P. Fernandes, M. Notley, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Sherlock, R. J. Kingham, M. Tatarakis, Z. Najmudin, W. Rozmus, R. G. Evans, M. G. Haines, A. E. Dangor, and K. Krushelnick, Phys Rev Lett, 97, 255001 (2006)

"Measurements of forward scattered laser radiation from intense sub-ps laser interactions with underdense plasmas"
B. R. Walton, S. P. D. Mangles, Z. Najmudin, M. Tatarakis, M. S. Wei, A. Gopal, C. Marle, A. E. Dangor and K. Krushelnick, Physics of Plasmas, 13, 113103 (2006)

"High harmonic generation in the relativistic limit"
B. Dromey, M. Zepf, A. Gopal, K. Lancaster, M. S. Wei, K. Krushelnick, M. Tatarakis, N. Vakakis, S. Moustaizis, R. Kodama, M. Tampo, C. Stoeckl, R. Clarke, H. Habara, D. Neely, S. Karsch and P. Norreys, Nature Physics, 2, 456 (2006)

"Observation of annular electron beam transport in multi-TeraWatt laser-solid interactions"
P A Norreys, J S Green, J R Davies, M Tatarakis, E L Clark, F N Beg, A E Dangor, K L Lancaster, M S Wei, M Zepf and K Krushelnick,Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 48, L11 (2006)

"Hot surface ionic line emission and cold K-inner shell emission from petawatt-laser-irradiated Cu foil targets"
W. Theobald, K. Akli, R. Clarke, J. A. Delettrez, R. R. Freeman, S. Glenzer, J. Green, G. Gregori, R. Heathcote, N. Izumi, J. A. King, J. A. Koch, J. Kuba, K. Lancaster, A. J. MacKinnon, M. Key, C. Mileham, J. Myatt, D. Neely, P. A. Norreys, H.-S. Park, J. Pasely, P. Patel, S. P. Regan, H. Sawada, R. Shepherd, R. Snavely, R. B. Stephens, C. Stoeckl, M. Storm, B. Zhang, and T. C. Sangster, Physics of Plasmas, 13, 043102, 2006

"Effect of wire number on x-pinch discharges"
J.S. Green, S.N. Bland, M. Collett, A.E. Dangor, K. Krushelnick, F.N. Beg and I. Ross, Applied Physics Letters, 88, 261501 (2006)

"Dynamics of cylindrically converging precursor plasma flow in wire-array Z-pinch experiments"
S.C. Bott, S.V. Lebedev, D.J. Ampleford, S.N. Bland, J.P. Chittenden, A. Ciardi, M.G. Haines, C. Jennings, M. Sherlock, G. Hall, J. Rapley, F.N. Beg and J. Palmer, Phy. Rev. E, 74, 046403 (2006).

"Jet Formation and Current Transfer in X-Pinches
F.N. Beg, A. Ciardi, I. Ross, Y. Zhu, A.E. Dangor and K. Krushelnick, IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 34 (5), 2325-2329 ,Oct. 2006.

"Compact X-pinch based point x-ray source for phase contrast imaging of inertial confinement fusion capsules"
F. N. Beg, R.B. Stephens and H.-W. Xu, D. Haas, S. Eddinger, G. Tynan and E. Shipton, B. DeBono, K. Wagschal Applied Physics Letters, 89, 101502 (2006)

"Three-channel x-ray crystal spectrometer for diagnosing high energy density plasmas"
E. Baronova, B. Bucher, D. Haas and D. Fedin, A. Stepanenko, F.N. Beg, Rev. Scien. Instr., 77 (10), 103104 (Oct. 2006).

"Novel fast-neutron activation counter for high repetition rate measurements"
S. Mahmood, S.V. Springham, T. Zhang, R.S. Rawat and T.L. Tan, M. Krishnan, F.N. Beg, S. Lee, H. Schmidt, P. Lee, Rev. Scien. Instr., 77, 10E713 (4 pp.) (4 Oct. 2006). Proc. 16th Topical Conference on High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics 77, 10E713 (2006).

2005

"Observation of ion temperatures exceeding background electron temperatures in petawatt laser-solid experiments"
P A Norreys, K L Lancaster, H Habara, J R Davies, J T Mendonça, R J Clarke, B Dromey, A Gopal, S Karsch, R Kodama, K Krushelnick, S D Moustaizis, C Stoeckl, M Tatarakis, M Tampo, N Vakakis, M S Wei and M Zepf, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 47, L49 (2005)

"Integrated laser-target interaction experiments on the RAL petawatt laser"
P.K. Patel, M.H. Key, A. J. Mackinnon, R. Barry, M. Borghesi, D. M. Chambers, H. Chen, R. Clarke, C. Damian, R. Eagleton, R. Freeman, S. Glenzer, G. Gregori, R. Heathcote, D. Hey, N. Izumi, S. Kar, J. King, A. Nikroo, A. Niles, H-S. Park, J. Pasley, N. Patel, R. Shepherd, R. A. Snavely, D. Steinman, C. Stoeckl, M. Storm, W. Theobald, R. Town, R. Van Maren, S. C. Wilks and B. Zhang, Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 47, B833-B840, 2005

"Experimental Characterization of a Strongly Coupled Solid Density Plasma Generated in a Short-pulse Laser Target Interaction"
G. Gregori, S. B. Hansen, R. Clarke, R. Heathcote, M. H. Key, J. King, R. I. Klein, N. Izumi, A. J.Mackinnon, S. J. Moon, H.-S.Park, J.Pasley, N. Patel, P. K. Patel, B.A.Remington, D. D. Ryutov, R. Shepherd, R. A. Snavely, S. C.Wilks, B. B. Zhang, and S.H. Glenzer, Contrib. Plasma Phys., 45, 284-292, 2005

"High intensity laser-plasma sources of ions—physics and future applications"
K. Krushelnick, E.L. Clark, F.N. Beg, A.E. Dangor, Z. Najmudin, P.A. Norreys,M. Wei and M. Zepf, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 47, B451-B463 (2005).