By focusing petawatt peak power laser light to intensities up to 10 21 W cm− 2, highly
relativistic plasmas can now be studied. The force exerted by light pulses with this extreme …

In solid targets irradiated by short pulse high intensity lasers, fast electrons have collision
times longer than the laser pulse duration and mean free paths much larger than the radius …

This book represents the first comprehensive treatment of the subject, covering the
theoretical principles, present experimental status and important applications of short-pulse …

Modern high-power lasers can generate extreme states of matter that are relevant to
astrophysics, equation-of-state studies and fusion energy research,. Laser-driven implosions …

Protons with energies up to 18 MeV have been measured from high density laser-plasma
interactions at incident laser intensities of 5× 10 19 W/cm 2. Up to 10 12 protons with …

Heavy ions with energies up to 430±40 MeV have been measured from laser-solid
interactions at focused intensities of up to 5× 10 19 W/cm 2. Observations of proton emission …

Abstract Models of sexual selection generally assume that behavioural courtship displays
reflect intrinsic male qualities such as condition, and that males display with maximum …

Novel measurements of electromagnetic radiation above 10 MeV are presented for ultra
intense laser pulse interactions with solids. A bright, highly directional source of rays was …

Electron transport within solid targets, irradiated by a high-intensity short-pulse laser, has
been measured by imaging K α radiation from high-Z layers (Cu, Ti) buried in low-Z (CH, Al) …

Metal foil targets were irradiated with 1 μ m wavelength (λ) laser pulses of 5 ps duration and
focused intensities (I) of up to 4× 10 19 W cm-2, giving values of both I λ 2 and pulse …