title: Diagnostics for studies of novel laser ion acceleration mechanisms.
abstract: Diagnostic for investigating and distinguishing different laser ion acceleration mechanisms has been developed and successfully tested. An ion separation wide angle spectrometer can simultaneously investigate three important aspects of the laser plasma interaction: (1) acquire angularly resolved energy spectra for two ion species, (2) obtain ion energy spectra for multiple species, separated according to their charge to mass ratio, along selected axes, and (3) collect laser radiation reflected from and transmitted through the target and propagating in the same direction as the ion beam. Thus, the presented diagnostic constitutes a highly adaptable tool for accurately studying novel acceleration mechanisms in terms of their angular energy distribution, conversion efficiency, and plasma density evolution.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Lund University, P. O. Box 118, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: Lovisa
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authors.lastname: Senje
authors.affiliation: Helmholtz-Institut Jena, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yeung
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Lund University, P. O. Box 118, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: Bastian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Aurand
authors.affiliation: Helmholtz-Institut Jena, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuschel
authors.affiliation: Helmholtz-Institut Jena, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rödel
authors.affiliation: Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.affiliation: ExtreMe Matter Institut, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany.
authors.forename: Kun
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Brendan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dromey
authors.affiliation: Helmholtz-Institut Jena, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bagnoud
authors.affiliation: ExtreMe Matter Institut, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Neumayer
authors.affiliation: Technische Universität Darmstadt, D-64289 Darmstadt, Germany.
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roth
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Lund University, P. O. Box 118, S-221 00 Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: Claes-Göran
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Wahlström
authors.affiliation: Helmholtz-Institut Jena, D-07743 Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zepf
authors.affiliation: ExtreMe Matter Institut, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kuehl
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Queen's University, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jung