Collisionless shock acceleration of protons in a plasma slab produced in a gas jet by the collision of two laser-driven hydrodynamic shockwaves

J.-R. Marquès; L. Lancia; P. Loiseau; P. Forestier-Colleoni; M. Tarisien; E. Atukpor; V. Bagnoud; C. Brabetz; F. Consoli; J. Domange; F. Hannachi; P. Nicolaï; M. Salvadori; B. Zielbauer

doi:10.1063/5.0178253

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