title: Acceleration dynamics of ions in shocks and solitary waves driven by intense laser pulses.
abstract: The acceleration of ions in collisionless electrostatic shocks and solitary waves, driven by ultrashort intense laser pulses in a thin solid target under different conditions, is investigated theoretically. When a shock is formed, ions with certain initial velocities inside the target can be accelerated by the electrostatic field at the shock front to twice the shock speed. When a solitary wave is formed, only ions located at the rear surface of the target can be accelerated by the solitary wave together with the sheath field formed there.
authors.affiliation: Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing 100080, China.
authors.forename: Min-Qing
authors.initials: MQ
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Quan-Li
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: Zheng-Ming
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: Su-Ming
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Weng
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hui-Chun
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang