Effect of the plasma density scale length on the properties of Brehmsstrahlung X-ray sources created by picosecond laser pulses and radioprotection issues for petawatt lasers

Christian Courtois (1) , A. Compant La Fontaine (1) , O. Landoas (1) , E. Lefebvre (1) , G. Lidove (1) , V. Méot (1) , Pierre Morel (1) , R. Nuter (1) , A. Boscheron (2) , J. Grenier (2) , M. M. Aléonard (3) , M. Gerbaux , F. Gobet (3) , F. Hannachi (3) , G. Malka (3) , J. N. Scheurer (3) , M. Tarisien (3)

1 DAM/DIF - DAM Île-de-France
2 CESTA - Centre d'études scientifiques et techniques d'Aquitaine
3 CENBG - Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan

Domaines: Physique Nucléaire Expérimentale [nucl-ex]

Christian Courtois, A. Compant La Fontaine, O. Landoas, E. Lefebvre, G. Lidove, et al.. Effect of the plasma density scale length on the properties of Brehmsstrahlung X-ray sources created by picosecond laser pulses and radioprotection issues for petawatt lasers. N4 Workshop on Radioprotection issues, Dec 2008, Chamonix, France. ⟨in2p3-00361281⟩