| |
- M. Roth, A. Blazevic, E. Brambrink, M. Geissel
TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt
- P. Audebert
LULI, Palaiseaux
- M. Bussmann, D. Habs, U. Schramm, J. Schreiber
LMU, München
- R. Clarke, S. Karsch, D. Neely
CCLRC/RAL, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon
- J.A. Cobble, J. Fernandez, M. Hegelich, S. Letzring
LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico
- T.E. Cowan, J. Fuchs, A. Kemp, H. Ruhl
University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada
- K. Ledingham, P. McKenna
Strathclyde University, Glasgow
|
|
| |
The acceleration or cooling of particles with lasers has been the subject of growing interest over the last years. Because of the huge difference in mass, the acceleration of ions was so far limited to thermal expansion from laser plasmas, driven by the hot electron temperature. In recent years, due to the development of short-pulse ultra-intense lasers, the manipulation of ions has now become possible. Especially the generation of high quality, intense ion beams from laser solid interaction has attracted large attention and is investigated at many laboratories world-wide. For the first time, intense, directed, low emittance beams of ions have been observed, having several MeV of particle energy right from the source. A wealth of applications including next generation ion sources can be envisioned. The talk will give an overview of the status of laser cooling and ion acceleration including the last experimental results. In addition, an overview of the current and future research activities will be presented.
|
|
