George Hicks

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

Academic Visitor

Contact

+44 (0)20 7594 7643g.hicks11

Location

733Blackett LaboratorySouth Kensington Campus

Summary

Plasma Physics group and the John Adams Institute at Imperial College

Research Interests

Ion Acceleration from High Intensity Laser Plasma Interactions

Exploring novel regimes of ion and proton acceleration from high intensity laser plasma interactions, specifically gas targets
Experiments at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Numerical Particle-In-Cell simulations of laser plasma interactions

Publications

Journals

Arran C, Bradford P, Dearling A, et al.Arran C, Bradford P, Dearling A, Hicks GS, Al-Atabi S, Antonelli L, Ettlinger OC, Khan M, Read MP, Glize K, Notley M, Walsh CA, Kingham RJ, Najmudin Z, Ridgers CP, Woolsey NC close, 2023, Measurement of Magnetic Cavitation Driven by Heat Flow in a Plasma., Phys Rev Lett, Vol:131

Chen Y-H, Ting AC, Hafizi B, et al.Chen Y-H, Ting AC, Hafizi B, Helle MH, Johnson LA, Polyanskiy MN, Pogorelsky IV, Babzien M, Dover NP, Ettlinger OC, Hicks GS, Ditter E-J, Najmudin Z, Gordon DF close, 2023, Proton acceleration in an overdense hydrogen plasma by intense CO<sub>2</sub> laser pulses with nonlinear propagation effects in the underdense pre-plasma, Physics of Plasmas, Vol:30, ISSN:1070-664X

Dover NP, Ziegler T, Assenbaum S, et al.Dover NP, Ziegler T, Assenbaum S, Bernert C, Bock S, Brack F-E, Cowan TE, Ditter EJ, Garten M, Gaus L, Goethel I, Hicks GS, Kiriyama H, Kluge T, Koga JK, Kon A, Kondo K, Kraft S, Kroll F, Lowe HF, Metzkes-Ng J, Miyatake T, Najmudin Z, Püschel T, Rehwald M, Reimold M, Sakaki H, Schlenvoigt H-P, Shiokawa K, Umlandt MEP, Schramm U, Zeil K, Nishiuchi M close, 2023, Enhanced ion acceleration from transparency-driven foils demonstrated at two ultraintense laser facilities, Light: Science & Applications, Vol:12, ISSN:2095-5545

McIlvenny A, Doria D, Romagnani L, et al.McIlvenny A, Doria D, Romagnani L, Ahmed H, Booth N, Ditter EJ, Ettlinger OC, Hicks GS, Martin P, Scott GG, Williamson SDR, Macchi A, McKenna P, Najmudin Z, Neely D, Kar S, Borghesi M close, 2021, Selective Ion Acceleration by Intense Radiation Pressure, Physical Review Letters, Vol:127, ISSN:0031-9007

Dover NP, Nishiuchi M, Sakaki H, et al.Dover NP, Nishiuchi M, Sakaki H, Kondo K, Lowe HF, Alkhimova MA, Ditter EJ, Ettlinger OC, Faenov AY, Hata M, Hicks GS, Iwata N, Kiriyama H, Koga JK, Miyahara T, Najmudin Z, Pikuz TA, Pirozhkov AS, Sagisaka A, Schramm U, Sentoku Y, Watanabe Y, Ziegler T, Zeil K, Kando M, Kondo K close, 2020, Demonstration of repetitive energetic proton generation by ultra-intense laser interaction with a tape target, High Energy Density Physics, Vol:37, ISSN:1574-1818, Pages:100847-100847

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