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DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Laser Pulse GIF

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This 3D simulation shows a BELLA laser pulse interacting with a 50-nanometer-thick foil target. The laser pulse (from left) expels electrons (red) from the target. This causes strong magnetic fields that can accelerate ions (blue) in a what’s known as a Coulomb explosion. The simulation was created using the Berkeley Lab-led code WarpX at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center.

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Marco Garten and Axel Huebl/Berkeley Lab

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