Proton radiography of magnetic fields generated with an open-ended coil driven by high power laser pulses

Guoqian Liao; Yutong Li; Baojun Zhu; Yanfei Li; Fang Li; Mengchao Li; Xuan Wang; Zhe Zhang; Shukai He; Weiwu Wang; Feng Lu; Faqiang Zhang; Lei Yang; Kainan Zhou; Na Xie; Wei Hong; Yuqiu Gu; Zongqing Zhao; Baohan Zhang; Jie Zhan

doi:10.1016/j.mre.2016.06.003

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