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Terry Kammash - NASA's Institute for Advanced Concepts

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Relationship Between Ion Energy,Laser and Target ParametersCombining we get:ε e =√πe 2 IRh η/cSince h≈λ = laser wave length, thenε e =√πe 2 IRh η/cAndε i =Z ε eIf we express intensity I in units of 10 18W/cm 2 and R and λ in microns thenε i =Z ε e ≈ √ηIRλ MeV

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