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1 Probing Electron Dynamics in Simple Molecules with Attosecond Pulses |
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1.2 Probing Electron Dynamics with Ultrashort Pulses |
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3 | (5) |
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4 | (1) |
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4 | (1) |
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5 | (1) |
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8 | (9) |
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1.3.1 Time-Dependent Schrodinger Equation |
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8 | (1) |
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1.3.2 Molecular Electronic and Nuclear States |
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9 | (1) |
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1.3.3 Time-Dependent Close-Coupling Method |
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10 | (1) |
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1.3.4 Asymmetric Electron Ejection |
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11 | (6) |
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1.4 H2 and D2 Dissociative Ionization by Two-Color (XUV + IR) Fields |
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17 | (8) |
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1.4.1 Single Attosecond Pulse plus Infrared: Electron Localization |
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1.4.2 Attosecond Pulse Train plus Infrared: Role of Different States |
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20 | (5) |
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1.5 Conclusions and Outlook |
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25 | (4) |
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26 | (3) |
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2 Enhanced Ionization of Molecules in Intense Laser Fields |
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29 | (18) |
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29 | (2) |
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2.2 Quasistatic Models: Diatomic One-Electron Systems in Strong Fields |
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31 | (7) |
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2.3 Double Ionization in Strong Fields |
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38 | (3) |
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2.4 Coulomb Explosion Imaging of CREI in Triatomics |
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41 | (6) |
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44 | (3) |
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3 Ultrafast Optical Gating by Molecular Alignment |
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48 | (1) |
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3.2 Principle of Ultrafast Molecular Gating |
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49 | (6) |
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3.2.1 Molecular Alignment Based Ultrafast Birefringence |
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49 | (1) |
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3.2.2 Dynamics of Molecular Rotational Wave-Packets |
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49 | (2) |
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3.2.3 The Molecular Alignment Matrices |
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51 | (1) |
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3.2.4 Weak Field Polarization Spectroscopic Technique |
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52 | (1) |
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3.2.5 Alignment-Induced Polarization Optical Gating |
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53 | (2) |
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3.3 Molecular-Alignment-Based Cross-Correlation Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating |
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55 | (12) |
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3.3.1 Frequency-Resolved Optical Gating |
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55 | (4) |
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3.3.2 XFROG by Molecular Alignment Optical Gating |
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59 | (3) |
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3.3.3 Experimental Results by M-XFROG |
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62 | (2) |
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3.3.4 Discussions on M-XFROG Applicability |
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64 | (3) |
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3.4 Ultrafast Optical Imaging by Molecular Alignment |
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67 | (7) |
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74 | (5) |
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75 | (4) |
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4 Experiments in Population Trapping in Atoms and Molecules by an Intense Short Laser Pulse |
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79 | (18) |
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80 | (1) |
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4.2 Qualitative Physics of Population Trapping |
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80 | (2) |
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4.3 Previous Experimental Observation |
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82 | (2) |
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4.4 Physical Picture of Molecular Trapping |
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84 | (1) |
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4.5 More Recent Work in Trapping |
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85 | (1) |
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4.6 Probing Population Trapping in Nitrogen Using 400 nm Pulses |
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86 | (4) |
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4.7 Probing Trapping in Nitrogen Using 1,338 nm Pulses |
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90 | (1) |
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4.8 Probing Trapping in Nitrogen and Other Gases Using THz Pulses |
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91 | (1) |
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4.9 Trapping: A Universal Phenomenon for All Atoms and Molecules Including Biomolecules |
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92 | (1) |
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4.10 Excitation of Super-Excited States Through Trapping by a Strong Laser Field |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (3) |
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95 | (2) |
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5 Two-XUV-Photon Processes: A Key Instrument in Attosecond Pulse Metrology and Time Domain Applications |
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97 | (24) |
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98 | (2) |
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5.2 Sources of Energetic Attosecond Pulses |
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100 | (3) |
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5.2.1 Pulse Energy Restricting Factors and Possible Solutions |
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100 | (1) |
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5.2.2 Intense Broadband Coherent XUV Continua |
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101 | (1) |
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5.2.3 On the CEP of Energetic 1fs to Sub-fs Scale Pulses |
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101 | (2) |
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5.3 Two-XUV-Photon Processes and Pulse Metrology |
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103 | (9) |
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5.3.1 Pulse Metrology Techniques |
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104 | (2) |
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5.3.2 Comparative Studies Between the Second Order IVAC and RABITT |
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106 | (6) |
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5.4 XUV-Pump-XUV-Probe Experiments at the 1-fs Scale |
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112 | (5) |
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5.4.1 The Two-XUV-Photon Double Ionization of Xenon Scheme |
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112 | (2) |
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5.4.2 The Second Order IVAC of the Continuum Radiation |
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114 | (1) |
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5.4.3 XUV-Pump-XUV-Probe of an Atomic Coherence |
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115 | (2) |
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5.5 Conclusions and Outlook |
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117 | (4) |
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118 | (3) |
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6 Controlling the Motion of Electronic Wavepackets Using Cycle-Sculpted Two-Color Laser Fields |
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121 | (24) |
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121 | (2) |
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123 | (3) |
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6.3 Measured Electron Momentum Spectra and Influence of the Coulomb Field |
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126 | (9) |
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6.3.1 Field-Driven Wavepacket Motion |
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126 | (2) |
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6.3.2 Influence of the Coulomb Field on the Spectral Mean Value |
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128 | (1) |
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6.3.3 Influence of the Coulomb Field on the Spectral Width |
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129 | (3) |
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6.3.4 Wavepacket Motion in the Lateral Direction |
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132 | (3) |
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6.4 Laser Subcycle Interference Structures |
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135 | (5) |
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6.4.1 Controlling Subcycle Interference Structures |
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135 | (3) |
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6.4.2 Retrieval of Wavepacket Dynamics from Interference Structures |
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138 | (2) |
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140 | (5) |
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141 | (4) |
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7 Characterization of Femtosecond Laser Filament-Induced Plasma and Its Application to Atmospheric Sensing |
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145 | (16) |
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145 | (2) |
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7.2 Optical Emission Spectroscopy for Characterizing Filamentation-Induced Plasma |
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147 | (1) |
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7.3 Physical Properties of Filamentation Induced Plasma of Solid Targets |
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148 | (4) |
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7.4 Physical Properties of the Plasma Filament in Air |
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152 | (2) |
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7.5 Lasing Actions Occurring in the Plasma Filament in Air |
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154 | (2) |
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7.6 Application to Atmospheric Sensing |
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156 | (2) |
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158 | (3) |
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159 | (2) |
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8 Cascaded Laser Wakefield Acceleration Scheme for Monoenergetic High-Energy Electron Beam Generation |
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161 | (16) |
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162 | (1) |
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8.2 A Cascaded Laser Wakefield Accelerator Using Ionization-Induced Injection |
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163 | (6) |
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163 | (1) |
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8.2.2 Quasi-Monoenergetic e-Beam Generation from the Cascaded LWFA |
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164 | (3) |
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8.2.3 GeV-Class Quasi-Monoenergetic e-Beam Generation from the Cascaded LWFA with 3-mm-Thick Second Gas Cell |
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167 | (2) |
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8.3 Cascaded Laser Wakefield Acceleration of Electron Beams Beyond 1 GeV from an Ablative Capillary Discharge Waveguide |
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169 | (5) |
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169 | (1) |
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8.3.2 Optical Guiding for the Laser from an Ablative Capillary Discharge Waveguide |
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170 | (1) |
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8.3.3 Cascaded Laser Wakefield Acceleration of Electron Beams Beyond 1 GeV from an Ablative Capillary Discharge Waveguide |
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171 | (3) |
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174 | (3) |
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174 | (3) |
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9 Laser Radiation Pressure Accelerator for Quasi-Monoenergetic Proton Generation and Its Medical Implications |
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177 | (20) |
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178 | (2) |
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9.1.1 Brief Introduction on Particle Therapy for Cancer Treatment |
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179 | (1) |
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9.1.2 Schemes for Laser Proton Acceleration |
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179 | (1) |
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9.2 Quasi-Monoenergetic Proton Generation with RPA |
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180 | (7) |
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180 | (1) |
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9.2.2 Underlying Theory of the RPA in One-Dimension |
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181 | (3) |
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9.2.3 Rayleigh-Taylor Instability-Induced Transparency and Particle Energy Spectrum Broadening |
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184 | (1) |
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9.2.4 Energy Scaling of RPA Generation of Quasi-Monoenergetic Protons |
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184 | (2) |
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9.2.5 Promising Experimental Evidence of the RPA of an Ultra-Thin Carbon Target |
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186 | (1) |
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187 | (3) |
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9.3.1 Multi-Ion Target Acceleration with RPA |
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187 | (1) |
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187 | (3) |
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9.4 Medical Implications of Quasi-Monoenergetic Proton Beam Generated from RPA: Laser-Proton Cancer Therapy with the RPA-Based Laser Proton Accelerator |
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190 | (3) |
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193 | (4) |
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194 | (3) |
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