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  • Plasma physics
  • Laser-driven particle acceleration
  • Ion beam generation

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  • Efficient acceleration of laser-driven ions is crucial for applications in biomedical and hadron research.
  • Current laser-driven ion energies are approaching therapeutic windows for medical applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose and investigate a new regime for simultaneous acceleration of protons and carbon ions using plasma micro-channels.
  • To achieve higher ion energies compared to conventional planar targets.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing a modest intensity laser pulse (~10^20 W/cm^2) interacting with plasma micro-channel targets.
  • Employing particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations to model the acceleration process.
  • Analyzing the dynamics of electron bunch acceleration and sheath electric field formation.

Main Results:

  • Simultaneous acceleration of ~100 MeV protons and multi-100 MeV carbon ions achieved.
  • Identified acceleration mechanism involving electron bunches driven by longitudinal electric fields in the micro-channel.
  • Demonstrated up to a 10-fold increase in ion energy compared to planar targets due to enhanced sheath fields.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed plasma micro-channel target regime offers an efficient pathway for high-energy ion acceleration.
  • Optimized channel size is critical for focusing energetic electrons and maximizing ion energy gain.
  • Analytical predictions for optimal channel size and maximum ion energies show good agreement with simulations.