1.
F. N. Beg, M. Zakaullah, M. Nisar and G. Murtaza, "Role of anode length in Mather type
Plasma Focus,” Mod. Phys. Lett. B6, 593 (1992).
2.
F. N. Beg, M. Zakaullah, G. Murtaza and M. Beg, "Effect of Insulator Sleeve material on
neutron emission in a Mather type Plasma Focus," Physica Scripta 46, 152-154 (1992).
3.
A. R. Bell, F. Beg, Z. Chang, A. Dangor, C. Danson, C. Edwards, A. Fews, M.
Hutchinson, S. Luan, P. Lee, P. Norreys, R. Smith P. F. Taday and F. Zhao, "Observation
of plasma confinement in picosecond laser plasma interactions," Phys. Rev., E 48, 20872093 (1993).
4.
A. P. Fews, P. A. Norreys, F. N. Beg, A. R. Bell, A. E. Dangor, C. N. Danson, P. Lee and
S. J. Rose, "Plasma Ion Emission from High-Intensity Picosecond Laser-Pulse
Interactions with Solid Targets,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 73, 1801-1804 (1994).
5.
M. Zakaullah, G. Murtaza, I. Ahmad, Farhat N. Beg, M. M. Beg and M. Shabbir,
"Comparative Study of Low Energy Mather type Plasma Focus Devices," Plasma
Sources: Science and Technology 4, 117-124 (1995).
6.
M. G. Haines, A. E. Dangor, M. Coppins, P. Choi, I. H. Mitchell, J. P. Chittenden, J. M.
Bayley, R. F . Aliaga-Rossel, T. D. Arber, F. Beg, A. R. Bell, J. Scheffel, G. Decker, P.
Russell and J. Worley, "Fiber Z-pinch experiments and calculations in the finite Larmor
radius regime," Laser and Particle Beams 14, 261-271 (1996).
7.
M. Tatarakis, F.N. Beg, P. Lee, A. E. Dangor and S. Moustaizis, "X-ray emission from
plasmas generated by 450 fs Excimer laser pulses,” Physica Scripta 55, 651-653 (1997).
8.
P. Lee, H. Schmidt, F.N. Beg, A. E. Dangor, M. Tatarakis, C. N. Danson, A. P. Fews and
P. A. Norreys, “Neutrons from a high intensity (>1018 Wcm-2) laser plasma interaction,”
J. Fizik Malaysia 18, 43 (1997).
9.
F.N. Beg, A.R. Bell, A.E. Dangor, C. N. Danson, A. P. Fews, M. E. Glinsky, B. A
.Hammel, P. Lee, P. A. Norreys, and M. Tatarakis," A study of picosecond laser-solid
interactions up to 10-19 Wcm-2,” Physics of Plasmas 4, 447-457 (1997).
10.
F. N. Beg, A. E. Dangor, P. Lee, M. Tatarakis, S. L. Niffikeer and M. G. Haines, "Optical
and x-ray observations of carbon and aluminum fiber Z-pinch plasmas," Plasma Physics
and Controlled Fusion 39, 1-25 (1997).
11.
J. P. Chittenden, I. H. Mitchell, R. Aliaga-Rossel, J. M. Bayley, F. N. Beg, A. Lorenz, M.
G. Haines and G. Decker, "The dynamics of bifurcating bright spots in fibre Z-pinch
plasmas ” Phys. of Plasmas 4, 2967-2971 (1997).
12.
P. A. Norreys, A. P. Fews, F. N. Beg, A. R. Bell, A. E. Dangor, P. Lee, M. B. Nelson, H.
Schmidt, M. Tatarakis and M. D. Cable, "Neutron production from picosecond laser
irradiation of deuterated targets at intensities of 10-19 Wcm-2, Plasma Physics and
Controlled Fusion 40, 175-182 (1998).
13.
A. Lorenz, F. N. Beg, J. Ruiz-Camacho, J. Worley and A. E. Dangor, "Influence of a
Prepulse Current on a Fiber Z-Pinch," Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 361-364 (1998).
14.
M. Tatarakis, J. R. Davies, P. Lee, P. A. Norreys, N. Kassapakis, F. N. Beg, A. R. Bell,
M. G. Haines and A. E. Dangor, “Plasma formation on the front and rear of plastic
targets due to high-intensity laser-generated fast electrons,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 999-1002
(1998).
15.
F. N. Beg, S. D. Moustaizis, M. Tatarakis, P. Lee, A. Dyson and A. E. Dangor, "X-ray
emission from plasmas formed using an excimer laser with various pulse lengths," J. of
Phys. D: Applied Physics 31, 2777-2782 (1998).
16.
P. A. Norreys, M. Santala, E. Clark, M. Zepf, I. Watts, F. N. Beg, K. Krushelnick, M.
Tatarakis, A. E. Dangor, X. Fang, P. Graham, T. McCanny, R. P. Singhal, K. W. D.
Ledingham, A. Cresswell, D. C. W. Sanderson, J. Magill, A. Machacek, J. S. Wark, R.
Allott, B. Kennedy, and D. Neely, "Observation of a highly directional gamma-ray beam
from ultra-short, ultra-intense laser pulse interactions with solids,” Phys. of Plasmas 6,
2150-2156 (1999).
17.
C. Deeney, C. A. Coverdale, M. R. Douglas, T. J. Nash, R. B. Spielman, K. W. Struve,
K. G. Whitney, J. W. Thornhill, J. P. Apruzese, R. W. Clark, J. Davis, F. N. Beg and J.
Ruiz-Camacho, “Titanium K-shell x-ray production from high velocity wire array
implosions on the 20 MA Z accelerator,” Physics of Plasmas 6, 2081-2088 (1999).
18.
J. Ruiz Camacho, F. N. Beg, A. E. Dangor, M. G. Haines, E. L. Clark and I. Ross, "Zpinch Discharges in aluminum and tungsten wires," Physics of Plasmas 6, 2579-2587
(1999).
19.
C. Deeney, C. A. Coverdale, M. R. Douglas, K. W. Struve, R. B. Spielman, W. A.
Stygar, D. L. Paterson, N. F. Roderick, M. G. Haines, F. N. Beg and J. Ruiz-Camacho,
“Radiative properties of high wire number tungsten arrays with implosion times upto 250
ns,” Physics of Plasmas 6, 3576-3586 (1999).
20.
P. A. Norreys, M. Bakarezos, L. Barringer, M. Borgheshi, F. N. Beg, M. Castro-Colins,
D. Chambers, A. E. Dangor, C. N. Danson, A. Djaoui, A. P. Fews, R. Gaillard, P.
Gibbon, L. Gizzi, A. J. Mackinnon, C. Meyer, J. Meyer-ter-Vehn, S. Moustaizis, S. G.
Preston, A. Pukhov, S. J. Rose, M. Tatarakis, J. S. Wark, O. Willi, M. Zepf and J. Zhang,
"Studies of the fast ignition route to inertial confinement fusion at the Rutherford
Appleton Laboratory," Fusion Eng. and Design 44, 239-243 (1999).
21.
E. L. Clark. K. Krushelnick, J. R. Davies, M. Zepf, M. Tatarakis, F. N. Beg, A.
Machacek, P. A. Norreys, M.I.K. Santala, I. Watts and A. E. Dangor, “Measurements of
energetic proton transport through magnetized plasma from intense laser interactions with
solids,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 670-673 (2000).
22.
K.W.D. Ledingham, I. Spencer, T. McCanny, R. P. Singal, M.I.K. Santala, E. Clark, I.
Watts, F. N. Beg, M. Zepf, K. Krushelnick, M. Tatarakis, A. E. Dangor, P. A. Norreys,
R. Allot, D. Neely, R. J. Clarke, A. Machack, J. S. Wark, A. J. Cresswell, D.C.W.
Sanderson and J. Magill, “Photonuclear physics when a multiterawatt laser pulse interacts
with solid targets,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 899-902 (2000).
23.
M.I.K. Santala, M. Zepf, I. Watts, F. N. Beg, E. Clark, M. Tatarakis, K. Krushelnick, A.
E. Dangor, T. McCanny, I. Spencer, R. P. Singhal, K.W.D. Ledingham, S. C. Wilks, A.
Machacek, J. S. Wark, R. Allot, R. Clarke and P. Norreys, "Effect of the plasma density
scale-length on the direction of fast electrons in relativistic laser-solid interactions," Phys.
Rev. Lett. 84, 1459-1462 (2000).
24.
M. G. Haines, S. V. Lebedev, J. P. Chittenden, F. N. Beg, S. N. Bland and A. E. Dangor,
“The past, present and future of Z-pinches,” Physics of Plasmas 7, 1672-1680 (2000).
25.
K. Krushelnick, E. L. Clark, M. Zepf, J. R. Davies, F. N. Beg, A. Machacek, M.I.K.
Santala, M. Tatarakis, I. Watts, P.A. Norreys and A. E. Dangor, “Energetic proton
production from relativistic laser interaction with high density plasmas,” Physics of
Plasmas 7, 2055-2061 (2000).
26.
J. P. Chittenden, S. V. Lebedev, J. Ruiz-Camacho, F. N. Beg, S. N. Bland, C. A.
Jennings, A. R. Bell, M. G. Haines, S. A. Pikuz, T. A. Shelkovenko and D.A. Hammer,
"Plasma formation in metallic wire Z-pinches," Phys. Rev. E. 61, 4370-4380 (2000).
27.
S. V. Lebedev, F. N. Beg, S. N. Bland, J. P. Chittenden, A. E. Dangor, M. G. Haines, S.
A. Pikuz and T. A. Shelkovenko, “Effect of Core-Corona Plasma Structure on Seeding of
Instabilities in Wire Array Z-Pinches,” Phy. Rev. Lett. 85, 98-101 (2000).
28.
E. L. Clark. K. Krushelnick, M. Zepf, F. N. Beg, M. Tatarakis, A. Machacek, M.I.K.
Santala, I. Watts, P. A. Norreys and A. E. Dangor, “Energetic heavy Ion and proton
generation from ultra intense laser interactions with solids,” Phy. Rev. Lett. 85, 16541657 (2000).
29.
K. Krushelnick, E. L. Clark, R. Allot, F. N. Beg, C. N. Danson, A. Machacek, V. Malka,
Z. Najmudin, D. Neely, P. A. Norreys, M. R. Salvati, M.I.K. Santala, M. Tatarakis, I.
Watts, M. Zepf and A. E. Dangor, “Ultrahigh-Intensity Laser-Produced Plasmas as a
Compact Heavy Ion Injector Source,” IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 28, 11841189 (2000).
30.
F. N. Beg, I. Ross A. Lorenz, J. Worley, A. E. Dangor and M. G. Haines, "Study of x-ray
emission from a table top plasma focus and its application as an x-ray backlighter," J.
Applied Physics 88, 3225-3230 (2000).
31.
S. V. Lebedev, F. N. Beg, S. N. Bland, J.P. Chittenden, A. E. Dangor, M. G. Haines, M.
Zakaullah, S. A. Pikuz, T. A. Shelkovenko and D. A. Hammer, “X-ray backlighting of
wire array Z-pinch implosions using X-pinch," Rev. Sci. Instrum. 72, 671-673 (2001).
32.
M. Santala, M. Zepf, F. N. Beg, E. L. Clark, A. E. Dangor, K. Krushelnick, M. Tatarakis,
I. Watts, K.W.D. Ledingham, T. McCanny, I. Spencer, A. Machacek, R. Allot, R. J.
Clarke and P. A. Norreys, "Production of radioactive nuclides by energetic protons from
intense laser plasma interactions," Applied Physics Letters 78, 19-21 (2001).
33.
J. P. Chittenden, S. V. Lebedev, S. N. Bland, F.N. Beg, and M. G. Haines, "One, two and
three-dimensional modeling of the different phases of wire array Z pinch evolution,"
Physics of Plasmas 8, 2305-2314 (2001).
34.
M. Zepf, E. L. Clark, K. Krushelnick, F. N. Beg, C. Escoda, A. E. Dangor, M.I.K.
Santala, M. Tatarakis, I. F. Watts, P. A. Norreys, R. J. Clarke, J. R. Davies, M. A.
Sinclair, R. D. Edwards, T. J. Goldsack, I. Spencer and K.W.D. Ledingham, “Fast
particle generation and energy transport in laser-solid interactions,” Physics of Plasmas 8,
2323-2330 (2001).
35.
S. V. Lebedev, F. N. Beg, S. N. Bland, J. P. Chittenden, A. E. Dangor, M. G. Haines, K.
H. Kwek, S. A. Pikuz and T. A. Shelkovenko, “Effect of discrete wires on the implosion
dynamics of wire array z-pinches,” Physics of Plasmas 8, 3734-3747 (2001).
36.
J. P. Chittenden, S. V. Lebedev, S. N. Bland, J. Ruiz-Camacho, F. N. Beg and M. G.
Haines, “Two- and three- dimensional modeling of the different phases of wire-array Zpinch evolution,” Laser and Particle Beams 19, 323-343 (2001).
37.
S. V. Lebedev, F.N. Beg, S. N. Bland, J.P. Chittenden, A.E. Dangor, M.G. Haines, S.A.
Pikuz and T.A. Shelkovenko, “Plasma formation and the implosion phase of wire array
Z-pinch experiments,” Laser and Particle Beams 19, 355-376 (2001).
38.
F.N. Beg, S.V. Lebedev, S.N. Bland, J. Chittenden, A.E. Dangor and M.G. Haines, “The
effect of current prepulse on wire array z-pinch implosions,” Physics of Plasmas 9, 375377 (2002).
39.
S.V. Lebedev, J.P. Chittenden, F.N. Beg, S.N. Bland, A. Ciardi, D. Ampleford, S.
Hughes, M.G. Haines, A. Frank and E.G. Blackman, “Laboratory Astrophysics and
Collimated Stellar Outflows: The production of rediatively cooled hypersonic plasma
jets,” Astrophysical Journal 564, 113-119 (2002).
40.
M. Tatarakis, I. Watts. F.N. Beg, E.L. Clark, A.E. Dangor, A. Gopal, M.G. Haines, P.A.
Norreys, U. Wagner, M.-S. Wei, M. Zepf and K. Krushelnick, “Laser technology Measuring huge magnetic fields,” Nature 415 (6869), 280 (2002).
41.
R.D. Edwards, M.A. Sinclair, T.J. Goldsack, K. Krushelnick, F.N. Beg, E.L. Clark, A.E.
Dangor, Z. Najmudin, M. Tatarakis, B. Walton, M. Zepf, K.W.D. Ledingham, I. Spencer,
P.A. Norreys, R.J. Clarke, R. Kodama, Y. Toyama and M. Tampo, “Characterization of
a gamma-ray source based on a laser-plasma accelerator with applications to
radiography,” Applied Physics Letters 80, 2129-2131 (2002).
42.
F.N. Beg, K. Krushelnick, C. Gower, S. Torn, A.E. Dangor, A. Howard, T. Sumner, A.
Bewick, V. Lebedenko, J. Dawson, D. Davidge, M. Joshi and J.R. Gillespie, “Table-top
neutron source for characterization and calibration of dark matter detectors,” Applied
Physics Letters 80, 3009-3011 (2002).
43.
M. Tatarakis, A. Gopal, I. Watts, F.N. Beg, A.E. Dangor, K. Krushelnick, U. Wagner,
P.A. Norreys, E.L. Clark, M. Zepf and R. Evans, “Measurements of ultra-strong magnetic
fields during relativistic laser-plasma interactions,” Physics of Plasmas 9, 2244-2250
(2002).
44.
S.V. Lebedev, F.N. Beg, S.N. Bland, J.P. Chittenden, A.E. Dangor and M.G. Haines,
“Snowplow-like behavior in the implosion phase of wire array Z-pinches,” Physics of
Plasmas 9, 2293-2301 (2002).
45.
F. N. Beg, S. V. Lebedev, S. Bland, J. Chittenden, A. E. Dangor and M. G. Haines, “The
dynamics of single and nested nickel wire array Z-pinch implosions,” IEEE Transactions
on Plasma Science 30, 552-558 (2002).
46.
K. Krushelnick, I. Watts, M. Tatarakis, A. Gopal, U. Wagner, F. N. Beg, E. L. Clark, R.
J. Clarke, A. E. Dangor, P. A. Norreys, M-S Wei and M. Zepf, “Using self-generated
harmonics as a diagnostic of high intensity laser-produced plasmas,” Plasma Physics and
Controlled Fusion 44, B233-B245 (2002).
47.
I. Spencer, K.W.D, Ledingham, R.P. Singhal, T. McCanny, P. McKenna, E. L. Clark, K.
Krushelnick , M. Zepf, F. N. Beg , M. Tatarakis, A. E. Dangor, R. D. Edwards, M. A.
Sinclair, P.A. Norreys, R. J. Clarke and R. M. Allott, “A nearly real time high
temperature laser-plasma diagnostic using photonuclear reactions in tantalum,” Rev. Sci.
Instr. 73, 3801-3805 (2002).
48.
M. Zepf, E. L. Clark, F. N. Beg, R. J. Clarke, A. E. Dangor, A. Gopal, K. Krushelnick, P.
Norreys, M. Tatarakis, U. Wagner and M. S. Wei, “Proton acceleration from highintensity laser interactions with thin foil targets,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 064801 (2003).
49.
M. Tatarakis, F. N. Beg, E. L. Clark, A. E. Dangor, R. D. Edwards, R. G. Evans, T. J.
Goldsack, K. W. D. Ledingham, P. A. Norreys, M. A. Sinclair, M.-S. Wei, M. Zepf and
K. Krushelnick, “Propagation Instabilities of High-Intensity Laser-Produced Electron
Beams,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 90, 175001 (2003).
50.
F. N. Beg, K. Krushelnick, P. Lichtsteiner, A. Meakins, A. Kennedy, N. Kajumba, G.
Burt, and A. E. Dangor, “Table-top X-pinch for x-ray radiography,” Applied Physics
Letters 82, 4602-4604 (2003).
51.
P. McKenna, K. W. D. Ledingham, T. McCanny, R. P. Singhal, I. Spencer, M. I. K.
Santala , F. N. Beg , K. Krushelnick, M. Tatarakis, M. S. Wei, E. L. Clark, R. J. Clarke,
K. L. Lancaster, P. A. Norreys, K. Spohr, R. Chapman and M. Zepf, “Demonstration of
fusion-evaporation and direct-interaction nuclear reactions using high-intensity laserplasma-accelerated ion beams,“ Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 075006 (2003).
52.
P. McKenna, K. W. D. Ledingham , T. McCanny, R. P. Singhal, I. Spencer, E. L. Clark,
F. N. Beg , K. Krushelnick, M. S. Wei, J. Galy, J. Magill, R. J. Clarke, K. L. Lancaster,
P. A. Norreys, K. Spohr and R. Chapman, “Effect of target heating on ion-induced
reactions in high-intensity laser-plasma interactions,” Applied Physics Letters 83, 27632765 (2003).
53.
F. N. Beg, J. Ruiz-Camacho, M. G. Haines and A. E. Dangor, “Plasma dynamics during
the evolution of two wire Z-pinch,” Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 46, 1-10
(2004).
54.
F. N. Beg, E. L. Clark, M. S. Wei, A. E. Dangor, R. G. Evans, A. Gopal, K. L. Lancaster,
K. W. D. Ledingham, P. McKenna, P. A. Norreys, M.Tatarakis, M. Zepf and K.
Krushelnick, “ High-intensity-laser-driven Z-pinch,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 095001-1
(2004).
55.
F. N. Beg, M. S. Wei, A. E. Dangor, A. Gopal, M. Tatarakis, K. Krushelnick, P. Gibbon,
E. L. Clark, R. G. Evans, K. L. Lancaster, P. Norreys, K. W. D. Ledingham, P. McKenna
and M. Zepf, “Target charging effects on proton acceleration during high intensity short
pulse laser-solid interactions,” Applied Physics Letters 84 , 2766-2768 (2004).
56.
F. N. Beg, M. S. Wei, E. L. Clark, A. E. Dangor, R. G. Evans, P. Gibbon, A. Gopal, K. L.
Lancaster, K. W. D. Ledingham, P. McKenna, P. A. Norreys, M.Tatarakis, M. Zepf and
K. Krushelnick, “Return current and proton emission from short pulse laser interactions
with wire targets,” Physics of Plasmas 11, 2806-2813 (2004).
57.
P. Gibbon, F. N. Beg, E. L. Clark, R. G. Evans and M. Zepf, “Tree-Code Simulations of
Proton Acceleration From Laser-Irradiated Wire Targets,” Physics of Plasmas 11, 40324040 (2004).
58.
K. L. Lancaster, S. Karsch, H. Habara, F. N. Beg, E. L. Clark, R. Freeman, M. H. Key, J.
A. King, R. Kodama, K. Krushelnick, K. W. D. Ledingham, P. McKenna, C. D. Murphy,
P. A. Norreys, R. Stephens, C. Stoeckl, Y. Toyama, M. S. Wei, M. Zepf,
“Characterization of Li-7(p,n)Be-7 neutron yields from laser produced ion beams for fast
neutron radiography,” Physics of Plasmas 11, 3404-3408 (2004).
59.
U. Wagner, M. Tatarakis, A. Gopal, F. N. Beg, E. L. Clark, A. E. Dangor, R. G. Evans,
M. G. Haines, S. P. D. Mangles, P. A. Norreys, M.-S. Wei, M. Zepf, and K. Krushelnick,
“Laboratory measurements of 0.7 GG magnetic fields generated during high-intensity
laser interactions with dense plasmas,” Phys. Rev. E 70, 026401 (2004).
60.
M. S. Wei, F. N. Beg, E.L. Clark, A. E. Dangor, R. G. Evans, A. Gopal, K. W. D.
Ledingham, P. McKenna, P. A. Norreys, M. Tatarakis, M. Zepf, and K. Krushelnick,
“Observations of the filamentation of high-intensity laser-produced electron beams,”
Phys Rev. E 70, 056412 (2004).
61.
K. Krushelnick, E.L. Clark, F.N. Beg, A.E. Dangor, Z. Najmudin, P.A. Norreys, M.
Wei and M. Zepf, “High intensity laser-plasma sources of ions—physics and future
applications,” Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 47, B451-B463 (2005).
62.
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, “Observation of annular
electron beam transport in multi-TeraWatt laser-solid interactions,” Plasma Physics and
Controlled Fusion 48, L11-L22 (2006).
63.
J.S. Green, S.N. Bland, M. Collett, A.E. Dangor, K. Krushelnick, F.N. Beg and I. Ross,
“Effect of wire number on x-pinch discharges,” Applied Physics Letters 88, 261501
(2006).
64.
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, “Dynamics
of cylindrically converging precursor plasma flow in wire-array Z-pinch experiments,”
Phy. Rev. E 74, 046403 (2006).
65.
F.N. Beg, A. Ciardi, I. Ross, Y. Zhu, A.E. Dangor and K. Krushelnick, “Jet Formation
and Current Transfer in X-Pinches,” IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 34, 23252329 (2006).
66.
F. N. Beg, R.B. Stephens and H.-W. Xu, D. Haas, S. Eddinger, G. Tynan and E. Shipton,
B. DeBono, K. Wagschal, “Compact X-pinch based point x-ray source for phase contrast
imaging of inertial confinement fusion capsules,” Applied Physics Letters 89, 101502
(2006).
67.
E. Baronova, B. Bucher, D. Haas and D. Fedin, A. Stepanenko, F.N. Beg, “Threechannel x-ray crystal spectrometer for diagnosing high energy density plasmas,” Rev.
Scien. Instr. 77 (10), 103104 (2006).
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, “Novel fast-neutron activation counter for high
repetition rate measurements,” Rev. Scien. Instr. 77, 10E713 (4 pp.) (2006).
68.
69.
Anthony Link, Enam A. Chowdhury, John T. Morrison, Vladimir M. Ovchinnikov,
Dustin Offermann, Linn Van Woerkom and Richard Freeman, John Pasley, Erik Shipton
and Farhat Beg, Patrick Rambo, Jens Schwarz, Matthias Geissel, Aaron Edens and John
L. Porter, “Development of an in situ peak intensity measurement method for ultraintense
single shot laser-plasma experiments at the Sandia Z petawatt facility,” Rev. Scien. Instr.
77, 10E723 (2006).
70.
M.S. Wei, J.R. Davies, E.L. Clark, F.N. Beg, A. Gopal and M. Tatarakis, L. Willingale, P.
Nilson and A.E. Dangor, P.A. Norreys, M. Zepf, K. Krushelnick, “ Reduction of proton
acceleration in high-intensity laser interaction with solid two-layer targets,” Phys.
Plasmas 13, 123101 (2006).
71.
J. Ruiz-Camacho, F. N. Beg and P. Lee, “Comparison of sensitivities of Moire
deflectometry and interferometry to measure electron densities in Z-pinch plasmas”, J.
Physics D: Applied Physics 40, 2026 (2007).
72.
D. Haas, S. C. Bott, V. Vikhrev, Y. Eshaq, U. Ueda, T. Zhang, E. Boronova, S.
I.Krasheninnnikov and F. N. Beg, “Dynamics of low density coronal plasma in low
current x- pinches”, Plasma Physics & Controlled Fusion 49, 1151 (2007).
73.
F.N. Beg, T. Zhang, D. Fedin, B. Beagen, E. Chua, J.Y. Lee, R.S. Rawat, P. Lee, “Study
of energy transfer in table-top X-pinch driven by a water line,” Physica Scripta 76, 134138 (2007).
74.
S. N. Chen, G. Gregori, H.-K. Chung, R. G. Evans, R. R. Freeman, E. Garcia Saiz, S. H.
Glenzer, S. B. Hansen, F. Y. Khattak, J. A. King, A. J. Mackinnon, M. M. Notley, J. R.
Pasley, P. K. Patel, D. Riley, R. B. Stephens, R. L. Weber, S. C. Wilks and F. N. Beg
“Creation of hot dense matter in short-pulse laser-plasma interaction with tamped
titanium foils”, Physics of Plasmas 14, 102701 (2007).
75.
J.S. Green, K.L. Lancaster, C.D. Gregory, K.U. Akli, F.N. Beg, S. 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. Weber, M.S. Wei, N.C. Woolsey, and P.A. Norreys, “Surface heating of
wire plasmas using laser irradiated cone geometries,” Nature Physics 12, (2007).
76.
J. Pasley, M. Wei, E. Shipton, S.Chen, T. Ma, F. N. Beg, N. Alexander, R. Stephens, A.
Macphee, D. Hey, S. Le Pape, P. Patel, A. Mackinnon, M. Key, D. Offermann, A. Link,
E. Chowdhury,L. Van-Woerkom, R. R. Freeman, “Experimental observations of
transport of picosecond laser generated electrons in a nail-like target”, Physics of
Plasmas 14, 120701 (2007).
77.
J.S. Green, K.L. Lancaster, C.D. Gregory, K.U. Akli, F.N. Beg, S. 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. Weber, M.S. Wei, N.C. Woolsey, and P.A. Norreys, “Effect of laser
intensity on fast-electron-divergence in solid density plasmas ”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100,
015003 (2008).
78.
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, “Effect of relativistic plasma on extreme-ultraviolet
harmonic emission from intense laser-matter interactions,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 125005,
(2008).
79.
H. Chen, L. Back, T. Barta, F. N. Beg, D. C. Eder, A. J. Link, A. G. MacPhee, Y. Ping,
P. M. Song, A. Throop and L. Van Woerkom, “Absolute calibration of image plates for
electrons at energy between 100 keV and 4 MeV” Rev. Sci. Instr. 79, 033301 (2008).
80.
K. U. Akli , S. B. Hansen, A. J. Kemp, R. R. Freeman, F. N. Beg, D. C. Clark , S. Chen,
D. Hey, S. Hatchett, K. Highbarger , E. Giraldez, J. Green, G. Gregori, K. Lancaster, T.
Ma, A. J. MacKinnon1, P. Norreys , N. Patel, P. K. Patel1, C. Shearer, R. B. Stephens, C.
Stoeckl, M. Storm, W. Theobald, L. Van Woerkom, R. Weber, and M. H. Key. “Laser
heating of solid matter by light pressure-driven shocks at ultra-relativistic intensities”,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 165002 (2008).
81.
M. Nakatsutsumi, J.R.Davies, R.Kodama, J.S.Green, K.L.Lancaster, K.U.Akli, F.N.Beg,
S.N.Chen, D.Clark, R.R.Freeman, C.D.Gregory, H.Habara, R.Heathcote, D.S.Hey,
K.Highbarger,
P.Jaanimagi,
M.H.Key,
K.Krushelnick,
T.Ma,
A.MacPhee,
A.J.MacKinnon, H.Nakamura, R.B.Stephens, M.Storm, M.Tampo,W.Theobald,
L.VanWoerkom, R.L.Weber, M.S.Wei, N.C.Woolsey and P.A.Norreys, “Space and time
resolved measurements of the heating of solids to ten million kelvin by a petawatt laser",
New Journal of Physics 10, 043046 (2008).
82.
L.VanWoerkom, K.U.Akli, T.Bartal, F.N.Beg, S.Chawla, C.D.Chen, E.Chowdhury,
R.R.Freeman, D.Hey, M.H.Key, J.A.King, A.Link, T.Ma, A.J.MacKinnon,
A.G.MacPhee,
D.Offermann,
V.Ovchinnikov,
P.K.Patel,
D.W.Schumacher,
R.B.Stephens, and Y.Y.Tsui, “Fast electron generation in cones with ultra intense laser
pulses,” Phys. Plas. 15,056304 (2008).
83.
M. S. Wei, A. Solodov, J. Pasley, R. B. Stephens, D. Welch and F. N. Beg, “Study of
relativistic electron beam production and transport in high intensity laser plasma
interaction by the integrated LSP modeling,” Phys. Plas. 15, 08310 (2008).
84.
T. Ma, A.G. MacPhee, M.H. Key, K.U. Akli, T. Barbee, R.J. Clarke, C.D. Chen, R.R.
Freeman, J.A. King, A. Link, A.J. Mackinnon, D.T. Offermann, V.M. Ovchinnikov, P.K.
Patel, R.B. Stephens, L.D. Van Woerkom, B. Zhang, and F.N. Beg, “Extreme Ultraviolet
Imaging of Electron Heated Targets in Petawatt Laser Experiments,” IEEE Transaction
on Plasma Science 36, 1126-1127 (2008).
85.
S.C. Bott, D. M. Haas, U. Ueda, Y. Eshaq, R. Madden, G. Collins, and F. N. Beg, “High
Resolution Laser Schlieren Imaging of Coronal Plasma Evolution in 80 kA X-pinches,”
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 36, 1274-1275 (2008).
86.
J. S. Green, F. N. Beg, S. N. Bland, M. Collett, A. E. Dangor, and K. Krushelnick,
“Dynamics of multiple-wire X-pinches,” IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 36,
1288-1289 (2008).
87.
J. Pasley, M. Wei, E. Shipton, S.Chen, T. Ma, F. N. Beg, N. Alexander, R. Stephens, A.
G. MacPhee, D. Hey, S. Le Pape, P. Patel, A. Mackinnon, M. Key, D. Offermann, A.
Link, E. Chowdhury, L. Van-Woerkom and R. Freeman, “Nail-like targets for laserplasma interaction experiments,” IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 36, 1128-1129
(2008).
88.
S.C.Bott, D.M.Haas, Y. Eshaq, U.Ueda, S.V.Lebedev, J.P. Chittenden, J.B.Palmer,
S.N.Bland, G.N.Halll, D.J.Ampleford, and F.N.Beg, "Quantitative Measurements of
Wire Ablation in Tungsten X-pinches at 80 kA", IEEE Trans. Plasma. Sci. 36, 2759
(2008).
89.
S. Le Pape, A. Macphee, D. Hey, J. Pasley, P. Patel, A. Mackinnon, M. Key, M. Wei, E.
Shipton, S.Chen, T. Ma, F. N. Beg, N. Alexander, R. Stephens, D. Offermann, A. Link, ,
L. Van Woerkom and R. Freeman, Rev. Sci. Instr. 79, 106104 ( 2008).
90.
T. Ma, F. N. Beg, A. G. MacPhee, H.-K. Chung, M. H. Key, Cliff, Chen, A. J.
Mackinnon, P.Patel, S. Hatchett, K. U. Akli, R. B. Stephens, Tony Link, Dustin
Offerman, R. R. Freeman, L. D. Van Woerkom and B. Zhang, “Electron heated target
temperature measurements in petawatt laser experiments based on extreme ultraviolet
imaging and spectroscopy,” Rev. Sci. Instr. 79, 10E312 ( 2008).
91.
A. G. MacPhee, K. U. Akli, F. N. Beg, C. D. Chen, H. Chen, R. Clarke, D. S. Hey, R. R.
Freeman, A. J. Kemp, M. H. Key, J. A. King, S. Le Pape, A. Link, T. Y. Ma, H.
Nakamura, D. T. Offermann, V. M. Ovchinnikov, P. K. Patel, T. W. Phillips, R. B.
Stephens, R. Town, Y.Y.Tsui, M. S. Wei, L. D. Van Woerkom, A. J. Mackinnon,
“Diagnostics for Fast Ignition Science,” Rev. Sci. Instr. 79, 10F302 ( 2008).
92.
C.D. Chen, H. Chen, M.H. Key, J.A. King, F.N. Beg, A. Link, A.J. Mackinnon, A.G.
MacPhee, P.K. Patel, M. Porkolab, R.B. Stephens, R. Freeman and L/D Van Woerkom,
“A Bremsstrahlung Spectrometer using k‐
edge and Differential Filters with Image Plate Dosimeters,”
Rev.
Sci.
Instr.
79, 10E305 (2008).
93.
R. Madden, S. C. Bott, D. Haas, Y. Eshaq, U. Ueda, G. Collins and F. N. Beg, “Cross
Point Coronal Plasma Dynamics in 2 and 4 wire X-Pinches” Phys. Plas. 15 ,
112701 (2008).
94.
T. Ma, A. G. MacPhee, M. H. Key, S. P. Hatchett, K. U. Akli, T. W. Barbee, R. R.
Freeman, J. A. King, A. Link, D. T. Offermann, V. Ovchinnikov, A. J. Mackinnon, P. K.
Patel, R. B. Stephens L. D. Van Woerkom, B. Zhang and F. N. Beg, “Determination of
Electron-Heated Temperatures of Petawatt Laser-Irradiated Foil Targets with 256 eV and
68 eV Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging,” Rev. Sci. Inst. 79, 093507 (2008).
95.
A. Gopal, M. Tatarakis, F. N. Beg, E. L. Clark, A. E. Dangor, R. G. Evans, P. A.
Norreys, M. S. Wei, M. Zepf,and K. Krushelnick, “Temporally and spatially resolved
measurements of multi-megagauss magnetic fields in high intensity laser-produced
plasmas,” Phys. Plas. 15, 122701 (2008).
96.
M. G. Haines, M. S. Wei, F. N. Beg and R. B. Stephens, “The Hot Electron Temperature
and Laser Light Absorption in Fast Ignition,” Phy. Rev. Lett. 102, 045008 (2009).
97.
J.A. King, M.H. Key, K.U. Akli, R.R. Freeman, J. Green, S. P. Hatchett, D. Hey, P.
Jamangi, J. Koch, K. L. Lancaster, T. Ma, A.J. MacKinnon, A. MacPhee, R. Mason, P.A.
Norreys, P.K Patel, T. Phillips, R. Stephens, W. Theobald, R.P.J. Town, L. Van
Woerkom, B. Zhang, and F. N. Beg, “Studies of the transport of high intensity lasergenerated hot electrons in cone coupled wire targets”, Phys. Plas. 16, 020701 (2009).
98.
R. E. Madden, S. C. Bott, G. Collins and F. N. Beg, “Investigation of Carbon X-pinches
as a Source for Point Projection Radiography,’ IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. 37, 433 (2009).
99.
K. L. Lancaster, M. Sherlock, J. S. Green, C. D. Gregory, P. Hakel, K. U. Akli, F. N.
Beg, S. N. Chen, R. R. Freeman, H. Habara, R. Heathcote, D. Hey, K. Highbarger, M. H.
Key, R. Kodama,K. Krushelnick, H. Nakamura, M. Nakatsutsumi, J. Pasley, R. S.
Stephens, M. Storm, M. Tampo, W. Theobald, L. Van Woerkom, R. L. Weber, M. Wei,
N. C. Woolsey, T. Yabuuchi, P. A. Norreys, “Effect of cone-guiding on energy transport
in intense laser-plasma interactions,” Phys. Rev. E 80, 045401 (2009).
100.
D. T. Offerman, R.R. Freeman, L. Van Woerkom, M. Foord, D. Hey, M.H. Key, A.J.
MacKinnon, A. MacPhee, P.K Patel, Y.Ping, J. J. Sanchez, N. Shen, T. Bartal, F.N. Beg
and C. D. Chen,” Observations of Proton Beam Enhancement Due to Erbium Hydride on
Gold Foil Targets”, Phys. Plas. 16, 093113 (2009).
101.
P. A. Norreys, F. N. Beg, Y. Sentoku, L. O. Silva and R. A. Trines, “Intense Laser
Plasma Interactions – New Frontiers in High Energy Density Physics,’ Physics of
Plasmas 16, 041002
(2009).
102.
S. N. Chen, P. K. Patel, H.-K. Chung, A. J. Kemp, S. Le Pape, B. R. Maddox, S. C.
Wilks, R. B.
Stephens, and F. N. Beg, “X-ray spectroscopy of buried layer foils irradiated at laser
intensities in
excess of 1020 W/cm2,” Phys. Plas. 16, 062701 (2009).
103
Sebastien Le Pape, Ying Yin Tsui, Andrew Macphee, Daniel Hey, Pravesh Patel, Andrew
Mackinnon, Mike Key, Mingsheng Wei, Tammy Ma, Farhat N. Beg, Rich Stephens,
Kramer Akli, Tony Link, Linn Van-Woerkom, and Rick R. Freeman, “Characterization
of the preformed plasma for high-intensity-laser plasma interaction,” Optics Letters 34,
2997 (2009).
104.
Tsuyoshi Tanimoto, H. Habara, R. Kodama, M. Nakatsutsumi, Kazuo A. Tanaka, K. L.
Lancaster, J. S. Green, R. H. H. Scott, M. Sherlock, Peter A. Norreys, R. G. Evans, M. G.
Haines, S. Kar, M. Zepf, J. King, T. Ma, M. S. Wei, T. Yabuuchi, F. N. Beg, M. H. Key,
P. Nilson, R. B. Stephens, H. Azechi, K. Nagai, T. Norimatsu, K. Takeda, J. Valente, and
J. R. Davies, “Measurements of fast electron scaling generated by petawatt laser
systems,” Phys. Plas. 16, 062703 (2009).
105.
S. C. Bott, D. M. Haas, Y. Eshaq, U. Ueda, F. N. Beg, D. A. Hammer, B. Kusse, J.
Greenly, T. A.
Shelkovenko, S. A. Pikuz, I. C. Blesener, R. D. McBride, J. D. Douglass, K. Bell, P.
Knapp, J. P.
Chittenden, S. V. Lebedev, S. N. Bland, G. N. Hall, F. A. Suzuki-Vidal, A. Marocchino,
A. Harvey-Thomson, J. B. A. Palmer, A. Esaulov, D. J. Ampleford, M. G. Haines,
“Effect of current
rise-time on the formation of the precursor column in cylindrical wire array z-pinches at 1
MA”
Phys Plas. 16, 072701 (2009).
106.
C. R.D. Brown, S.F. James, F.N. Beg, C. Constantin, R.L. Daskalova, R. Edwards, R.R.
Freeman, D.P. Higginson, J.W. Morton, C. Niemann, D. Riley, B.R. Thomas, L. Van
Woerkom, D.J. Hoarty, S.J. Rose, G. Gregori, “Radiation and hot electron temperature
measurements of short-pulse laser driven hohlraums,” High Energy Density Physics 5,
212-215 (2009).
107.
P.A. Norreys, R.H.H. Scott, K.L. Lancaster, J.S. Green, A.P.L. Robinson, M. Sherlock,
R.G. Evans, M.G. Haines, S. Kar, M. Zepf, M.H. Key, J. King, T. Ma, T. Yabuuchi,
M.S.Wei, F.N. Beg, P. Nilson, W. Theobald, R.B. Stephens, J. Valente, J.R. Davies, K.
Takeda, H. Azechi, M. Nakatsutsumi, T. Tanimoto, R. Kodama and K.A. Tanaka,
“Recent fast electron energy transport
experiments relevant to fast ignition inertial fusion,” Nucl. Fusion 49 104023 (2009).
108.
T. Ma, M. H. Key, R. J. Mason, K. U. Akli, R. L. Daskalova, R. R. Freeman, J. S. Green,
K. Highbarger, P. A. Jaanimagi, J. A. King, K. L. Lancaster, S. P. Hatchett, A. J.
Mackinnon, A. G. MacPhee, P. A. Norreys, P. K. Patel, R. B. Stephens, W. Theobald, L.
D. Van Woerkom, M. S. Wei, S. C. Wilks, and F. N. Beg, “Transport of energy by
ultraintense laser-generated electrons in nail-wire targets,” Phys. Plas. 16, 112702 (2009).
109.
F Perez, M Koenig, D Batani, S D Baton, F N Beg, C Benedetti, E Brambrink, S Chawla,
F Dorchies, C Fourment, M Galimberti, L A Gizzi, R Heathcote, D P Higginson, S Hulin,
R Jafer, P Koester, L Labate, K Lancaster, A J MacKinnon, A G McPhee, W Nazarov, P
Nicolai, J Pasley, A Ravasio, M Richetta, J J Santos, A Sgattoni, C Spindloe, B Vauzour
and L Volpe, “Fast-electron transport in cylindrically laser-compressed matter,” Plasma
Phys. Control. Fusion 51, 124035 (2009).
110.
C. D. Chen, P. K. Patel, D. S. Hey, A. J. Mackinnon, M. H. Key, K. U. Akli, T. Bartal, F.
N. Beg, S. Chawla, H. Chen, R. R. Freeman, D. P. Higginson, A. Link, T. Y. Ma, A. G.
MacPhee, R. B. Stephens, L. D. Van Woerkom, B. Westover, and M. Porkolab,
“Bremsstrahlung and K fluorescence measurements for inferring conversion efficiencies
into fast ignition relevant hot electrons,” Phys. Plas. 16, 082705 (2009).
111.
D. S. Hey, M. E. Foord, M. H. Key, S. L. LePape, A. J. Mackinnon, P. K. Patel, Y. Ping,
K. U. Akli, R. B. Stephens, T. Bartal, F. N. Beg, R. Fedosejevs, H. Friesen, H. F. Tiedje,
and Y. Y. Tsui, “Laser-accelerated proton conversion efficiency thickness scaling,” Phys.
Plas. 16, 123108 (2009).
112.
A. G. MacPhee, L. Divol, A. J. Kemp, K. U. Akli, F. N. Beg, C. D. Chen, H. Chen, D. S.
Hey, R. J. Fedosejevs, R. R. Freeman, M. Henesian, M. H. Key, S. Le Pape, A. Link, T.
Ma, A. J. Mackinnon, V. M. Ovchinnikov. P. K. Patel, T.W. Phillips, R. B. Stephens, M.
Tabak, R. Town, Y.Y. Tsui, L. D. Van Woerkom, M. S. Wei, and S. C. Wilks,
“Limitation on Prepulse Level for Cone-Guided Fast-Ignition Inertial Confinement
Fusion,” Physical Review Letters 104, 055002 (2010).
113.
S. C. Bott, D. M. Haas, Y. Eshaq, Utako Ueda, Robert E. Madden, Gilbert W. Collins IV,
Farhat N. Beg, “Ablation Studies of Low-Number Wire Arrays at 200 kA Using A
Linear Transformer Driver,” IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 38, 567 (2010).
114.
T. Yabuuchi, B. S. Paradkar, M. S. Wei, J. A. King, F. N. Beg, R. B. Stephens, N.
Nakanii, M. Hatakeyama, H. Habara, K. Mima, and K. A. Tanaka, J. T. Larsen,
“Transport Study of Intense-Laser-Produced Fast Electrons in Solid Targets with a
Preplasma Created by a Long Pulse Laser,” Phys. Plas. 17, 060704 (2010).
115.
B. Westover, A. MacPhee, C. Chen, D. Hey, T. Ma, B. Maddox, H.-S. Park, B.
Remington and
F. N. Beg, “Study of Silver K-aplha and Bremsstrhalung Relation from Short-PulseLaser-Matter
Interactions with Applications for X-ray Radiography,” Phys. Plas. 17, 082703 (2010).
116.
K. U. Akli, P. K. Patel, R. Van Maren, R. B. Stephens, M. H. Key, D. P. Higginson, B.
Westover, C. D. Chen, A. J. Mackinnon, T. Bartal, F. N. Beg, S. Chawla, R. Fedosejevs,
R. R. Freeman, D. S. Hey, G. E. Kemp, S. LePape, A. Link, T. Ma, A. G. MacPhee, H. S.
McLean, Y. Ping, Y. Y. Tsui, L. D. Van Woerkom, M. S. Wei, T. Yabuuchi, S.Yuspeh,
”A Dual Channel X-ray Spectrometer for Fast Ignition Research,” Journal of
Instrumentation 5, P07008 (2010).
117.
B.S.Paradkar,
M.S.Wei1,
T.Yabuuchi,
R.B.Stephens,
J.T.
Larsen
and
F.N.Beg,“Numerical Modeling of Fast Electrons Transport in Short Pulse Laser-Solid
Interactions with Long Scale-Length Pre-formed Plasma,” Plasma Physics and Controlled
Fusion 52, 125003 (2010).
118.
P A Norreys, J S Green, K L Lancaster, A P L Robinson, R H H Scott, F Perez, H-P
Schlenvoight, S Baton, S Hulin, B Vauzour, J J Santos, D J Adams, K Markey, B
Ramakrishna, M Zepf, M N Quinn, X H Yuan, P McKenna, J Schreiber, J R Davies, D P
Higginson, F N Beg, C Chen, T Ma and P Patel, “New Developments in Energy Transfer
and Transport Studies in Relativistic Laser-Plasma Interactions,” Plasma Physics and
Controlled Fusion 52, 124046 (2010).
119.
F. Perez, S. D. Baton, M. Koenig, C. D. Chen, D. Hey, M. H. Key, S. Le Pape, T. Ma, H.
S. McLean, A. G. MacPhee, P. K. Patel, Y. Ping, F. N. Beg, D. P. Higginson, C. W.
Murphy, H. Sawada, B. Westover, T. Yabuuchi, K. U. Akli, E. Giraldez, M. Hoppe, Jr.,
C. Shearer, R. B. Stephens, L. Gremillet, E. Lefebvre, R. R. Freeman, G. E. Kemp, A. G.
Krygier, L. D. Van Woerkom, R. Fedosejevs, R. H. Friesen, Y. Y. Tsui, and D. Turnbull,
“Single-Shot Divergence Measurements of a Laser-Generated Relativistic Electron
Beam,” Phys. Plas. 17, 113106 (2010).
120.
D. P. Higginson, J. M. McNaney, D. C. Swift, T. Bartal, D. S. Hey, R. Kodama, S. Le
Pape, A. Mackinnon, D. Mariscal, H. Nakamura, N. Nakanii, K. A. Tanaka, and F. N.
Beg, “Laser Generated Neutron Source for Neutron Resonance Spectroscopy,” Phys.
Plas. 17, 100701 (2010).
121.
B.S. Paradkar, M.S. Wei, T. Yabuuchi, R.B. Stephens, S.I. Krasheninnikov and F.N. Beg,
“Numerical Modeling of Fast Electrons Transport in Short Pulse Laser-Solid Interactions
with Long Scale-Length Pre-formed Plasma,” Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 52,
125003 (2010).
122.
P. A. Norreys, J. S. Green, K. L. Lancaster, A. P. L. Robinson, R. H. H. Scott, F. Perez,
H.-P. Schlenvoight, S. Baton, S. Hulin, B. Vauzour, J. J. Santos, D. J. Adams, K. Markey,
B. Ramakrishna, M. Zepf, M. N. Quinn, X. H. Yuan, P. McKenna, J. Schreiber, J. R.
Davies, D. P. Higginson, F. N. Beg, C. Chen, T. Ma and P Patel, “New Developments in
Energy Transfer and Transport Studies in Relativistic Laser-Plasma Interactions,” Plasma
Physics and Controlled Fusion 52, 124046 (2010).
123.
L. Volpe, D. Batani, B. Vauzour, Ph. Nicolai, J. J. Santos,C. Regan, A. Morace, F.
Dorchies, C. Fourment, S. Hulin, M. Koenig, F. Perez, S. Baton, K. Lancaster, M.
Galimberti, R. Heathcote, M. Tolley, Ch. Spindloe, P. Koester, L. Labate, L. A. Gizzi, C.
Benedetti, A. Sgattoni, M. Richetta, J. Pasley, F. Beg, S. Chawla, D. P. Higginson, and
A. G. MacPhee, “Proton Radiography of Laser-Driven Imploding Target in Cylindrical
Geometry,” Phys. Plas. 18, 012704 (2011).
124.
L. Volpe, R. Jafer, B. Vauzour, Ph. Nicolai, J.J. Santos, F. Dorchies, C. Fourment, S.
Hulin, C. Regan, F. Perez, S. Baton, K. Lancaster, M. Galimberti, R. Heathcote,
M.Tolley, Ch.Spindloe, W. Nazarov, P. Koester, L. Labate, L.A. Gizzi, C. Benedetti, A.
Sgattoni, M. Richetta, J. Pasley, F. Beg, S. Chawla, D.P. Higginson, A. G. MacPhee and
D. Batani, “Proton Radiography of Cylindrical Laser-Driven Implosions,” Plasma
Physics and Controlled Fusion 53, 032003 (2011).
125.
B. Vauzour, F. Perez, L. Volpe, K. Lancaster, Ph. Nicola, M. Koenig, D. Batani, S.D.
Baton, F.N. Beg, C. Benedetti, E. Brambrink, S. Chawla, F. Dorchies, C. Fourment, M.
Galimberti, L.A. Gizzi, R. Heathcote, D.P. Higginson, S. Hulin, R. Jafer, P. Kaoster, L.
Labate, A.J. MacKinnon, A.G. MacPhee, W. Nazarov, J. Pasley, C. Regan, X. Ribeyre,
M. Richetta, G. Schurtz, A. Sgattoni, and J.J. Santos, “Laser-Driven Cylindrical
Compression of Targets for Fast Electron Transport Study in Warm Dense Plasmas,”
Phys. Plas. 18, 043108 (2011).
126.
D. M. Haas, S. C. Bott, J. Kim, D. A. Mariscal, R. E. Madden, Y. Eshaq, U. Ueda, G.
Collins IV, K. Gunasekera, F. N. Beg, J. P. Chittenden, N. Niasse and C. A. Jennings,”
Supersonic Jet Formation and Propopagation in X-Pinches,” Astrophys. Space Sci. DOI
10.1007/s10509-011-0599-8 (2011).
127.
B.S. Paradkar, M.S. Wei, T. Yabuuchi, R.B. Stephens, S.I. Krasheninnikov and F.N. Beg,
“Numerical Modeling of Fast Electron Generation in the Presence of Preformed Plasma
in Laser-Matter Interaction at Relativistic Intensities,” Phys. Rev. 83, 046401 (2011).
128.
W. Theobald, A. A. Solodov, C. Stoeckl, K. S. Anderson, R. Betti, T. R. Boehly, R. S.
Craxton, J. A. Delettrez, C. Dorrer, J. A. Frenje, V. Yu. Glebov, H. Habara, K. A.
Tanaka, J. P. Knauer, R. Lauck, F. J. Marshall, K. L. Marshall, D. D. Meyerhofer, P. M.
Nilson, P. K. Patel, H. Chen, T. C. Sangster, W. Seka, N. Sinenian, T. Ma, F. N. Beg, E.
Giraldez, and R. B. Stephens, “Initial Cone-in-Shell Fast-Ignition Experiments on
OMEGA,” Phys. Plasmas 18, 056305 (2011).
129.
S. C. Bott, D. M. Haas, R. E. Madden, U. Ueda, Y. Eshaq, G. Collins IV, K. Gunasekera,
D. Mariscal, J. Peebles, F. N. Beg, M. Mazarakis, K. Struve, and R. Sharpe, “250 kA
Compact Linear Transformer Driver for Wire Array Z-Pinch Loads,” Physical Review 14
(special issue on accelerators and beams), 050401 (2011).
130.
B. Westover, C. D. Chen, P. K. Patel, M. H. Key, H. McLean, R. Stephens, and F. N.
Beg, “Fast Electron Temperature and Conversion Efficiency Measurements in LaserIrradiated Foil Targets Using a Bremsstrahlung X-Ray Detector,” Phys. Plas. 18, 063101
(2011).
131.
J. L. Peebles, S. C. Bott, K. Gunasekera, J. Kim, L. Harpster, B. Evans, D. Gomez, O.
Paran, C.
Peterson, F. N. Beg, “Examination of Bow-Shock Formation in Supersonic,
Radiatively Cooled
Plasma Flows," , IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 39, 2422 –
2423 (2011).
132.
F. Perez, A. Debayle, J. Honrubia, M. Koenig, D. Batani, S. D. Baton, F. N. Beg, C.
Benedetti, E. Brambrink, S. Chawla, F. Dorchies, C. Fourment, M. Galimberti, L. A. Gizzi, L.
Gremillet, R. Heathcote, D. P. Higginson, S. Hulin, R. Jafer, P. Koester, L. Labate, K. L.
Lancaster, A. J. MacKinnon, A. G. MacPhee, W. Nazarov, P. Nicolai, J. Pasley, R. Ramis, M.
Richetta, J. J. Santos, A. Sgattoni, C. Spindloe, B. Vauzour, T. Vinci, and L. Volp,
"Magnetically Guided Fast
Electrons in Cylindrically Compressed Matter,"
Physical
Review Letters 107, 065004 (2011).
133.
H. Sawada, W. Theobald, C. Stoeckl, G. Fiksel, P. K. Patel, C. D. Chen, T. Yabuuchi, F.
N. Beg,
R. B. Stephens, K. U. Akli, H. S. McLean and M. H. Key, "Monochromatic
Imaging of 8.0 keV
Cu K-alpha Emission Induced by Energetic Electrons Generated at
OMEGA EP," IEEE Transactions on Plasma 39, 2816 – 2817 (2011).
134.
T. Yabuuchi, H. Sawada, T. Bartal, D. Batani, L. A. Gizzi, M. H. Key, A. J. Mackinnon,
H. S. McLean, P. A. Norreys, P. K. Patel, R. B. Stephens, C. Spindloe, W. Theobald, M. S.
Wei, and F.
N. Beg, "Proton Radiography of Intense-Laser-Irradiated Wire-Attached Cone
Targets, " IEEE
Transactions on Plasma Science 39, 2822 – 2823 (2011).
135.
T. Bartal, K. Flippo, S. A. Gaillard, D. T. Offermann, M. E. Foord, C. Bellei, P. K. Patel,
M. H. Key, R. B. Stephens, H. S. McLean, L.C. Jarrott and F. N. Beg, "Proton Focusing
Characteristics Relevant to Fast Ignition," IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science, 39, 2818 –
2819 (2011).
136.
B. Westover, C. D. Chen, P. K. Patel, M. H. Key, H. McLean, R. Stephens, and F. N.
Beg, "Fast
Electron Temperature and Conversion Efficiency Measurements in LaserIrradiated Foil Targets Using a Bremsstrahlung X-Ray Detector," Phys. Plas. 18, 063101
(2011).
137.
Teresa Bartal, Mark E. Foord, Claudio Bellei, Michael H. Key, Kirk A. Flippo, Sandrine
A.
Gaillard, Dustin T. Offermann, Pravesh K. Patel, Leonard C. Jarrott, Drew P. Higginson,
Markus
Roth, Anke Otten, Dominik Kraus, Richard B. Stephens, Harry S. McLean,
Emilio M. Giraldez,
Mingsheng S.Wei, Donald C. Gautier and Farhat N. Beg, "Focusing of
short-pulse high-intensity
laser-accelerated proton beams," Nature Physics 8, 139-142
(2012).
138.
C. Bellei, M. E. Foord, T. Bartal, M. H. Key, H. S. McLean, P. K. Patel, R. B. Stephens,
and F. N. Beg, “Electron and ion dynamics during the expansion of a laser-heated plasma under
vacuum,” Phys. Plasmas 19, 033109 (2012).
139.
T. Ma, H. Sawada, P. K. Patel, C. D. Chen, L. Divol, D. P. Higginson, A. J. Kemp, M. H.
Key, D.
J. Larson, S. Le Pape, A. Link, A. G. MacPhee, H. S. McLean, Y. Ping, R. B.
Stephens, S. C. Wilks, and F. N. Beg, “Hot Electron Temperature and Coupling Efficiency
Scaling with Prepulse for Cone-Guided Fast Ignition,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 115004 (2012).
140.
M. E. Foord, T. Bartal, C. Bellei, M. Key, K. Flippo, R. B. Stephens, P. K. Patel, H. S.
McLean,
L. C. Jarrott, M. S. Wei, and F. N. Beg, “Proton trajectories and electric fields in
a laser- accelerated focused proton beam,” Phys. Plasmas 19, 056702 (2012).
141.
G W Collins IV, D Marsical, D M Haas, R E Madden, K Gunasekara, J Kim, M L L
Abarr, S C
Bott, J P Chittenden and F N Beg, “Effect of the global to local magnetic field
ratio on the
ablation modulations on X-pinches driven by 80 kA peak current”, New Journal
of Physics 14, 043021 (2012).
142.
M. J.-E. Manuel, N. Sinenian, F. H. Séguin, C. K. Li, J. A. Frenje, H. G. Rinderknecht,
D. T. Casey, A. B. Zylstra, R. D. Petrasso, and F. N. Beg, “Mapping return currents in lasergenerated
Z-pinch plasmas using proton deflectometry,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 203505
(2012).
143.
C.A. J. Palmer, J. Schreiber, S. R. Nagel, N. P. Dover, C. Bellei, F. N. Beg, S. Bott, R. J.
Clarke, A. E. Dangor, S. M. Mangles, K. L. Lancaster, A. Rehman, A. P. L. Robinson, C.
Spindloe, J.
Szerypo, M. Tatarakis, M. Yeung and M. Zepf, “Rayleigh-Taylor Instability of
an Ultrathin Foil
Accelerated by the Radiation Pressure of an Intense Laser”, Physical
Review Letters 108,
225002 (2012).
144.
B. S. Paradkar, S. I. Krasheninnikov, and F. N. Beg, “Mechanism of heating of preformed plasma electrons in relativistic laser-matter interaction,” Phys. Plasmas 19, 060703
(2012).
145.
S. C. Bott, G. Collins, IV, K. Gunasekera, D. Mariscal, F. N. Beg, D. M. Haas, F. Veloso,
I. C.
Blesener, A. D. Cahill, C. L. Hoyt, B. R. Kusse, and D. A. Hammer, “A collinear selfemission
and laser-backlighting imaging diagnostic,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83, 083507
(2012).
146.
G. M. Petrov, D. P. Higginson, J. Davis, Tz. B. Petrova, J. M. McNaney, C. McGuffey,
B. Qiao,
and F. N. Beg, “Generation of high-energy (>15 MeV) neutrons using short pulse
high intensity lasers,” Phys. Plasmas 19, 093106 (2012).
147.
T. Yabuuchi, H. Sawada, S. P. Regan, K. Anderson, M. S. Wei, R. Betti, J. Hund, M. H.
Key, A.
J. Mackinnon, H. S. McLean, R. R. Paguio, P. K. Patel, K. M. Saito, R. B.
Stephens, S. C. Wilks, and F. N. Beg, “Temporally resolved characterization of shock-heated
foam target with Al
absorption spectroscopy for fast electron transport study,” Phys.
Plasmas 19, 092705 (2012).
148.
Key,
S. C.
H. Sawada, T. Yabuuchi, S. P. Regan, K. Anderson, M. S. Wei, R. Betti, J. Hund, M. H.
A. J. Mackinnon, H. S. McLean, R. R. Paguio, P. K. Patel, K. M. Saito, R. B. Stephens,
Wilks, F. N. Beg, “Diagnosing laser-driven, shock-heated foam target with Al absorption
spectroscopy,” High Energy Density Physics 8 ,180-183 (2012).
149.
H. Sawada, D. P. Higginson, A. Link, T. Ma, S. C. Wilks, H. S. McLean, F. Perez, P.
K. Patel
and F. N. Beg, “Characterizing the energy distribution of laser-generated
relativistic electrons in cone-wire targets,” Physics of Plasmas 19, 103108 (2012).
150.
C. D.
Y. Ping, A. J. Kemp, L. Divol, M. H. Key, P. K. Patel, K. U. Akli, F. N. Beg, S. Chawla,
Chen, R. R. Freeman, D. Hey, D. P. Higginson, L. C. Jarrott, G. E. Kemp, A. Link, H. S.
McLean, H. Sawada, R. B. Stephens, D. Turnbull, B. Westover, and S. C. Wilks,
“Dynamics of Relativistic Laser-Plasma Interaction on Solid Targets,” Phys. Rev. Lett.
109, 145006 (2012).
151.
B. S. Paradkar, T. Yabuuchi, H. Sawada, D. P. Higginson, A. Link, M. S. Wei, R. B.
Stephens, S.
I. Krasheninnikov, and F. N. Beg, “Emission of energetic protons from
relativistic intensity laser
interaction with a cone-wire target,” Physical Review E 86,
056405 (2012).
152.
B. Vauzour, J. J. Santos, A. Debayle, S. Hulin, H.-P. Schlenvoigt, X. Vaisseau, D. Batani,
S. D. Baton, J. J. Honrubia, Ph. Nicolaï, F. N. Beg, R. Benocci, S. Chawla, M. Coury, F.
Dorchies, C.
Fourment, E. d’Humières, L. C. Jarrot, P. McKenna, Y. J. Rhee, V. T.
Tikhonchuk, L. Volpe, and
V. Yahia, “Relativistic High-Current Electron-Beam StoppingPower Characterization in Solids
and Plasmas: Collisional Versus Resistive Effects,”
Physical Review Letters 109, 255002 (2012).
153.
S. C. Bott, D. Mariscal, K. Gunasekera, J. Peebles, F. N. Beg, D. A. Hammer, B. R.
Kusse, J. B.
Greenly, T. A. Shelkovenko, S. A. Pikuz, I. C. Blesener, R. D. McBride, J. D.
Douglass, K. S. Blesener, P. F. Knapp, “Experimental Analysis of the Acceleration Region in
Tungsten Wire Arrays,” IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 40, 3324 – 3328 (2012).
154.
J. L. Giuliani, F. N. Beg, R. M. Gilgenbach, V. L. Kantsyrev, B. R. Kusse, V. V. Ivanov,
R.
Presura, “Plasma Pinch Research on University Pulsed-Power Generators in the United
States” IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science 40, 3246 – 3264 (2012).
155.
S. Chawla, M. S. Wei, R. Mishra, K.U Akli, C. D. Chen, H. S. McLean, A. Morace, P. K.
Patel, H.
Sawada, Y. Sentoku, R. B. Stephens, and F.N. Beg, “Effect of target material on
fast electron
transport and resistive collimation,” Physical Review Letters 110, 025001 (2013).
156. T. Yabuuchi, R. Mishra, C. McGuffey, B. Qiao, M. S. Wei, H. Sawada, Y. Sentoku, T.
Ma, D. P.
Higginson, K. U. Akli, D. Batani, H. Chen, L. A. Gizzi, M. H. Key, A. J.
Mackinnon, H. S.
McLean, P. A. Norreys, P. K. Patel, R. B. Stephens, Y. Ping, W.
Theobald, C. Stoeckl, and F. N.
Beg, “Impact of extended preplasma on energy
coupling in kilojoule energy relativistic laser
interaction with cone wire targets
relevant to Fast Ignition,” New Journal of Physics 15, 015020
(2013).
157. B. Qiao, M. E. Foord, M. S. Wei, R. B. Stephens, M. H. Key, H. McLean, P. K. Patel, and
F. N. Beg "Dynamics of high-energy proton beam acceleration and focusing from hemispherecone targets by high-intensity lasers" , Physical Review E 87, 013108 (2013).
158.
G. W. Collins IV, M. P. Valdivia, T. Zick, R. E. Madden, M. G. Haines, and F. N. Beg,
"Study of
X-pinch dynamics using a low current (25 kA) and slower current (400 ns) pulse"
, Physics of Plasmas 20, 042704 (2013).
159.
A.
C. D. Chen, A. J. Kemp, F. Perez, A. Link, F. N. Beg, S. Chawla, M. H. Key, H. McLean,
Morace, Y. Ping, A. Sorokovikova, R. B. Stephens, M. Streeter, B. Westover, and P. K.
Patel,"Comparisons of angularly and spectrally resolved Bremsstrahlung measurements to
two- dimensional multi-stage simulations of short-pulse laser-plasma interactions" Physics of
Plasmas
20, 052703 (2013).
160.
Joao Jorge Santos, D. Batani, S. D. Baton, F. N. Beg, T. Cecceto, A.
Debayle,
F.
Dorchies,
J.-L. Feugeas, C. Fourment, L. Gremillett, J. J.
Honrubia, S. Hulin, A.
Morace, P.
Nicolai, F. Perez, H. Sawada, H.-P.
Schlenvoit, V. T. Tikhonchick, X.
Vaiseau, B.
Vauzour and M. Wei, "Supra-thermal electron beam stopping power and guiding
in dense
plasmas" , Journal of Plasma Physics,
doi:10.1017/S0022377813000305
(2013).
161.
R. Mishra, P. Leblanc, Y. Sentoku, M. S. Wei, and F. N. Beg, "Collisional particle-incell
modeling for energy transport accompanied by atomic processes in dense plasmas" ,
Physics of
Plasmas 20, 072704 (2013).
162.
M. S.
to103,
A. Morace, C. Bellei, T. Bartal, L. Willingale, J. Kim, A. Maksimchuk, K. Krushelnick,
Wei, P. K. Patel, D. Batani, N. Piovella, R. B. Stephens, and F. N. Beg, "Improved laserproton conversion efficiency in isolated reduced mass targets" , Applied Physics Letters
054102 (2013).
163.
P. A. Ni, S. M. Lund, C. McGuffey, N. Alexander, B. Aurand, J. J. Barnard, F. N. Beg,
C. Bellei,
F. M. Bieniosek, C. Brabetz, R. H. Cohen, J. Kim, P. Neumayer, M. Roth, and B.
G. Logan,
"Initial experimental evidence of self-collimation of target-normal-sheathaccelerated proton
beam in a stack of conducting foils" , Physics of Plasmas 20, 083111
(2013).
164.
G M Petrov, D P Higginson, J Davis, Tz B Petrova, C McGuffey, B Qiao and F N Beg
"Generation of energetic (>15 MeV) neutron beams from proton- and deuteron-driven
nuclear
reactions using short pulse lasers" , Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 55,
105009 (2013).
165.
B. Westover, C. D. Chen, P. K. Patel, H. McLean, and F. N. Beg, “Characterization of
the fast electrons distribution produced in a high intensity laser target interaction,” submitted to
Physics
of Plasmas.
166.
L.C. Jarrott, A. J. Kemp, L. Divol, D. Mariscal, B. Westover, C. McGuffey, F.N. Beg, M.
Suggit, C. Chen, D. Hey, B. Maddox, J. Hawreliak, H.-S. Park, B. Remington, M.S. Wei
and A. MacPhee, “Kα and bremsstrahlung x-ray radiation characteristics from short pulse laser
driven targets as a function of laser prepulse energy,” submitted to Physics of Plasmas.
167.
of
ns
J. C. Valenzuela, G. W. Collins IV, D. Mariscal, E. S. Wyndham and F. N. Beg, “Study
instability formation and XUV emission in thin liners driven with a compact 250 kA, 150
linear transformer driver, “ submitted to physics of Plasmas.
168.
D.P. Higginson, A. Link, H. Sawada, S.C. Wilks, T. Bartal, S. Chawla, C.D. Chen, K.A.
Flippo, L.C. Jarrott, M.H. Key, H.S. McLean, P.K. Patel, F. Perez, M.S. Wei, and F.N. Beg,
“High- Contrast Laser Acceleration of Relativistic Electrons in Solid Targets,” submitted to
Physical
Review Letters.
169.
M. S.
L Willingale, A G R Thomas, A Maksimchuk, A. Morace, T. Bartel, J. Kim, R. Stephens,
Wei, F. N. Beg, K Krushelnick, “Investigation of relativistic intensity laser generated hot
electron dynamics via copper K_ imaging and proton acceleration,” submitted to Physical
Review
E.
170.
and
T. Yabuuchi, J. May, C. McGuffey, H. Sawada, M. S. Wei, R. B. Stephens, C.
Stoeckl, W. B. Mori, H. S. McLean, P. K. Patel, F. N. Beg, “Inhibition of fast
electron transport in shock-heated plasma due to retarding electrostatic fields
self-generated magnetic fields,” submitted to Physical Review Letters.