
Professor Paul McKenna
Deputy Associate Principal
Physics
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Publications
- Geometry effects on energy selective focusing of laser-driven protons with open and closed hemisphere-cone targets
- King M, Higginson A, McGuffey C, Wilson R, Schaumann G, Hodge T, Ohland J B, Gales S, Hill M P, Pitt S F, Spindloe C, Danson C N, Wei M S, Beg F N, Roth M, Neely D, Gray R J, McKenna P
- Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Vol 66 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6587/ad0b34
- Narrow-band acceleration of gold ions to GeV energies from ultra-thin foils
- Martin Philip, Ahmed Hamad, Doria Domenico, Cerchez Mirela, Hanton Fiona, Gwynne Deborah, Alejo Aaron, Fernández-Tobias Javier, Green James, Macchi Andrea, Maclellan David, McKenna Paul, Ruiz Jesús Álvarez, Swantusch Marco, Willi Oswald, Zhai Shuhua, Borghesi Marco, Kar Satyabrata
- Communications Physics (2023)
- Perspectives on laser-plasma physics in the relativistic transparency regime
- King Martin, Wilson Robbie, Bacon Ewan F J, Dolier Ewan J, Frazer Timothy P, Goodman Jack, Gray Ross J, McKenna Paul
- The European Physical Journal A Vol 59 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1140/epja/s10050-023-01043-2
- Automated control and optimization of laser-driven ion acceleration
- Loughran B, Streeter M J V, Ahmed H, Astbury S, Balcazar M, Borghesi M, Bourgeois N, Curry C B, Dann S J D, DiIorio S, Dover N P, Dzelzanis T, Ettlinger O C, Gauthier M, Giuffrida L, Glenn G D, Glenzer S H, Green J S, Gray R J, Hicks G S, Hyland C, Istokskaia V, King M, Margarone D, McCusker O, McKenna P, Najmudin Z, Parisuaña C, Parsons P, Spindloe C, Symes D R, Thomas A G R, Treffert F, Xu N, Palmer C A J
- High Power Laser Science and Engineering Vol 11 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2023.23
- Optimization and control of synchrotron emission in ultraintense laser-solid interactions using machine learning
- Goodman J, King M, Dolier E J, Wilson R, Gray R J, McKenna P
- High Power Laser Science and Engineering Vol 11 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2023.11
- Versatile tape-drive target for high-repetition-rate laser-driven proton acceleration
- Xu N, Streeter M J V, Ettlinger O C, Ahmed H, Astbury S, Borghesi M, Bourgeois N, Curry C B, Dann S J D, Dover N P, Dzelzainis T, Istokskaia V, Gauthier M, Giuffrida L, Glenn G D, Glenzer S H, Gray R J, Green J S, Hicks G S, Hyland C, King M, Loughran B, Margarone D, McCusker O, McKenna P, Parisuaña C, Parsons P, Spindloe C, Symes D R, Treffert F, Palmer C A J, Najmudin Z
- High Power Laser Science and Engineering Vol 11 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/hpl.2023.27
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Professional Activities
- Workshop on Materials, Chemistry and Biology at Extreme Conditions
- Organiser
- 10/2023
- Invited Talk at UK XFEL Workshop
- Speaker
- 5/2023
- Panel member for the STFC Central Laser Facility (CLF) Facility review (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 27/4/2023
- Program Committee member for the 2023 SPIE International Conference on Applications of Laser-Driven Particle Acceleration
- Member of programme committee
- 2023
- Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) - ERIC Peer Review Panel / Committee (External organisation)
- Advisor
- 2023
- Invited Talk at the Cockcroft Institute Scientific Advisory Committee meeting 2022
- Speaker
- 11/10/2022
Projects
- The Laser-hybrid Accelerator for Radiobiological Applications
- Whyte, Colin (Principal Investigator) Gray, Ross (Co-investigator) McKenna, Paul (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2024
- Optimisation and control of laser-driven radiation sources using machine learning
- Gray, Ross (Principal Investigator) McKenna, Paul (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2026
- STFC Lancaster Cockcroft 2022 DTP - Christopher McQueen
- McKenna, Paul (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2026
- Industrial CASE Account - University of Strathclyde 2022 | Torrance, Ben
- McKenna, Paul (Principal Investigator) Gray, Ross (Co-investigator) Torrance, Ben (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 01-Jan-2026
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde
- McKenna, Paul (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2028
- Industrial CASE Account - University of Strathclyde 2022
- McKenna, Paul (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2027
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Professor
Paul
McKenna
Deputy Associate Principal
Physics
Email: paul.mckenna@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 5712