A Methodology for the Discrimination of Alpha Particles from Other Ions in Laser-Driven Proton-Boron Reactions Using CR-39 Detectors Coupled in a Thomson Parabola Spectrometer

Table 1

The charge over mass ratio of each produced ion.

Ion species	Z/m
Si^+	0.035714
Si^+2	0.071429
C^+	0.083333
B^+	0.1
Si^+3	0.107143
Si^+4	0.142857
C^+2	0.166667
Si^+5	0.178571
B^+2	0.2
Si^+6	0.214286
Si^+7	0.25
He^+1	0.25
C^+3	0.25
Si^+8	0.285714
B^+3	0.3
Si^+9	0.321429
C^+4	0.333333
Si^+10	0.357143
Si^+11	0.392857
B^+4	0.4
C^+5	0.416667
Si^+12	0.428571
Si^+13	0.464286
Si^+14	0.5
He^+2	0.5
C^+6	0.5
B^+5	0.5
H^+	1