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Production of protons with energies of ~20keV have been observed to originate from the interaction of a high intensity laser with a preformed underdense plasma. The energy and distribution of ions are explained by acceleration by the ponderomotive force resulting from filamentation.
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Young et al. (1996) studied this question.
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