G. Schaumann

High energy heavy ion jets emerging from laser plasma generated by long pulse laser beams from the NHELIX laser system at GSI

High energy heavy ions were generated in laser produced plasma at moderate laser energy, with a large focal spot size of 0.5 mm diameter. The laser beam was provided by the 10 GW GSI-NHELIX laser systems, and the ions were observed spectroscopically in status nascendi with high spatial and spectral resolution. Due to the focal geometry, plasma jet was formed, containing high energy heavy ions. The velocity distribution was measured via an observation of Doppler shifted characteristic transition lines. The observed energy of up to 3 MeV of F-ions deviates by an order of magnitude from the well-known Gitomer ~Gitomer et al., 1986! scaling, and agrees with the higher energies of relativistic self focusing.

Laser-driven platform for generation and characterization of strong quasi-static magnetic fields

Quasi-static magnetic-fields up to

Nanosecond formation of diamond and lonsdaleite by shock compression of graphite

800\,

Characterization of a novel, short pulse laser-driven neutron source

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Neutron imaging with the short-pulse laser driven neutron source at the Trident laser facility

500\,

Proton acceleration experiments and warm dense matter research using high power lasers

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Investigation of laser-produced chlorine plasma radiation for non-monochromatic X-ray scattering experiments

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Development of a Nomarski-type multi-frame interferometer as a time and space resolving diagnostics for the free electron density of laser-generated plasma.

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Experimental discrimination of ion stopping models near the Bragg peak in highly ionized matter

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Interaction of annular-focused laser beams with solid targets

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