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  • 2012 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For major contributions to the understanding of energetic particle generation and transport in relativistic laserplasma interactions, including innovative experiments relevant to fast ignition fusion concepts

Overview

Peter Norreys is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Engineering. Within these broad disciplines, Norreys has contributed extensively to subfields such as Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Mechanics of Materials, Geophysics, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics
  • Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
  • Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies
  • Optical measurement and interference techniques
  • Laser Design and Applications

Peter Norreys has published in a range of scientific venues, with a notable frequency in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • Physical review. E
  • Physics of Plasmas
  • Physical Review Letters

Recent publications authored by or involving Norreys include:

  • "Hyperspectral compressive wavefront sensing," 2023, High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • "Stabilized Radiation Pressure Acceleration and Neutron Generation in Ultrathin Deuterated Foils," 2022, Physical Review Letters
  • "Measuring the orbital angular momentum of high-power laser pulses," 2020, Physics of Plasmas
  • "One-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations of low convergence ratio direct-drive inertial confinement fusion implosions," 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "Measuring the principal Hugoniot of inertial-confinement-fusion-relevant TMPTA plastic foams," 2023, Physical review. E

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several colleagues. These include Ramy Aboushelbaya, R. W. Paddock, Robin Timmis, Iustin Ouatu, and B. T. Spiers.

Peter Norreys has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) since 2012, cited specifically for contributions to the understanding of energetic particle generation and transport in relativistic laser-plasma interactions and for innovative experiments relevant to fast ignition fusion concepts.

Best Publications

  • Monoenergetic beams of relativistic electrons from intense laser–plasma interactions

    Stuart P. D. Mangles;C. D. Murphy;C. D. Murphy;Zulfikar Najmudin;Alexander George Roy Thomas

  • Fast heating of ultrahigh-density plasma as a step towards laser fusion ignition

    R. Kodama;P. A. Norreys;K. Mima;A. E. Dangor

  • Measurements of energetic proton transport through magnetized plasma from intense laser interactions with solids

    E.L. Clark;K. Krushelnick;J.R. Davies;Matthew Zepf

  • A study of picosecond laser–solid interactions up to 1019 W cm−2

    F. N. Beg;A. R. Bell;A. E. Dangor;C. N. Danson

  • Energetic heavy-ion and proton generation from ultraintense laser-plasma interactions with solids

    E. L. Clark;K. Krushelnick;M. Zepf;F. N. Beg

  • Fast heating scalable to laser fusion ignition

    R. Kodama;H. Shiraga;K. Shigemori;Y. Toyama

  • High harmonic generation in the relativistic limit

    B. Dromey;M. Zepf;A. Gopal;K. Lancaster

  • Efficient extreme UV harmonics generated from picosecond laser pulse interactions with solid targets

    PA Norreys;M Zepf;S Moustaizis;AP Fews

  • Characterization of a gamma-ray source based on a laser-plasma accelerator with applications to radiography

    R.D. Edwards;M.A. Sinclair;T.J. Goldsack;K. Krushelnick

  • Photonuclear physics when a multiterawatt laser pulse interacts with solid targets

    K. W. D. Ledingham;I. Spencer;T. McCanny;R. P. Singhal

  • Plasma ion emission from high intensity picosecond laser pulse interactions with solid targets.

    AP Fews;PA Norreys;FN Beg;AR Bell

  • K α fluorescence measurement of relativistic electron transport in the context of fast ignition

    R. B. Stephens;R. A. Snavely;Y. Aglitskiy;F. Amiranoff

  • Observation of a highly directional γ-ray beam from ultrashort, ultraintense laser pulse interactions with solids

    P.A. Norreys;M. Santala;E. Clark;Matthew Zepf

  • Effect of the plasma density scale length on the direction of fast electrons in relativistic laser-solid interactions

    M. I. K. Santala;M. Zepf;I. Watts;F. N. Beg

  • Bright Multi-keV Harmonic Generation from Relativistically Oscillating Plasma Surfaces

    Brendan Dromey;Satyabrata Kar;C. Bellei;D.C. Carroll

  • Vulcan Petawatt?an ultra-high-intensity interaction facility

    C.N. Danson;P.A. Brummitt;R.J. Clarke;J.L. Collier

  • Proton acceleration from high-intensity laser interactions with thin foil targets.

    Matthew Zepf;E.L. Clark;F.N. Beg;R.J. Clarke

  • Saturated and near-diffraction-limited operation of an XUV laser at 23.6 nm.

    A. Carillon;H. Z. Chen;P. Dhez;L. Dwivedi

  • Effect of laser intensity on fast-electron-beam divergence in solid-density plasmas.

    J.S. Green;V.M. Ovchinnikov;R.G. Evans;K.U. Akli

  • Measuring huge magnetic fields.

    M. Tatarakis;I. Watts;F. N. Beg;E. L. Clark

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew Zepf
Matthew Zepf Helmholtz Institute Jena
Karl Krushelnick
Karl Krushelnick University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
A. J. Mackinnon
A. J. Mackinnon Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
P. K. Patel
P. K. Patel Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
C. Stoeckl
C. Stoeckl University of Rochester
Luis O. Silva
Luis O. Silva Instituto Superior Técnico

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