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 2

Detected ions and their energy at each CR-39 detector.

Shot number	Laser energy (J)	Target	CR-39	Dimensions (cm^2)	Detected ions: energy range (MeV)
55872	589	SiHB	1	2 × 2	p^+: 0.22–0.41
55873	588		2	2 × 2	p^+: 0.31–0.91
55882	661		3	2 × 3	p^+: 0.90–1.75
					Si: 0.59–12.9
					C: 0.25–1.88