Proton acceleration experiment by high intensity laser pulse interaction with solid density target at the Texas Petawatt Laser Facility

In recent, high intensity laser pulse interaction with solid density matter has been studied in several laboratory and facilities. Multi-MeV proton and ion beams from plasma produced by this interaction is one important application research area of HEDP. In this thesis, the basic theory of hot electron generation associated with proton acceleration will be introduced. A basic proton acceleration mechanism called TNSA will be introduced with supplemental free plasma expansion model. To investigate proton acceleration at the Texas Petawatt Facility, the experimental set up and target alignmen will be introduced in the chapter 5. While the analysis of data acquired from this experiment is still unfinished, a brief result with RCF image will be introduced in chapter 6.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physics

Grantor

University of Texas at Austin

Year dc:date.issued

2011

Author dc:creator

• Kuk, Donghoon

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Ditmire, Todd R.

Committee member dc:contributor.committeemember

• Keto, John

• High energy density physics

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-12-4656

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/ETD-UT-2011-12-4656