Explosions of Xenon Clusters in Ultraintense Femtosecond X-Ray Pulses from the LCLS Free Electron Laser | Zendy

H. Thomas | Zendy; A. Helal | Zendy; Katrin Hoffmann | Zendy; Nirmala Kandadai | Zendy; J. W. Keto | Zendy; Jakob Andreasson | Zendy; Bianca Iwan | Zendy; M. Seibert | Zendy; Nicuşor Tı̂mneanu | Zendy; János Hajdu | Zendy; M. Adolph | Zendy; Tais Gorkhover | Zendy; Daniela Rupp | Zendy; Sebastian Schorb | Zendy; T. Möller | Zendy; Gilles Doumy | Zendy; Louis F. DiMauro | Zendy; M. Hoener | Zendy; B. Murphy | Zendy; N. Berrah | Zendy; M. Messerschmidt | Zendy; John D. Bozek | Zendy; C. Bostedt | Zendy; T. Ditmire | Zendy

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Explosions of Xenon Clusters in Ultraintense Femtosecond X-Ray Pulses from the LCLS Free Electron Laser

Author(s) -

H. Thomas,

A. Helal,

Katrin Hoffmann,

Nirmala Kandadai,

J. W. Keto,

Jakob Andreasson,

Bianca Iwan,

M. Seibert,

Nicuşor Tı̂mneanu,

János Hajdu,

M. Adolph,

Tais Gorkhover,

Daniela Rupp,

Sebastian Schorb,

T. Möller,

Gilles Doumy,

Louis F. DiMauro,

M. Hoener,

B. Murphy,

N. Berrah,

M. Messerschmidt,

John D. Bozek,

C. Bostedt,

T. Ditmire

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

physical review letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688

H-Index - 673

eISSN - 1079-7114

pISSN - 0031-9007

DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.108.133401

Subject(s) - photoionization , femtosecond , xenon , atomic physics , physics , electron , laser , photon , plasma , ion , x ray , cluster (spacecraft) , irradiation , photon energy , ionization , materials science , optics , nuclear physics , programming language , quantum mechanics , computer science

Explosions of large Xe clusters ( ~ 11,000) irradiated by femtosecond pulses of 850 eV x-ray photons focused to an intensity of up to 10(17) W/cm(2) from the Linac Coherent Light Source were investigated experimentally. Measurements of ion charge-state distributions and energy spectra exhibit strong evidence for the formation of a Xe nanoplasma in the intense x-ray pulse. This x-ray produced Xe nanoplasma is accompanied by a three-body recombination and hydrodynamic expansion. These experimental results appear to be consistent with a model in which a spherically exploding nanoplasma is formed inside the Xe cluster and where the plasma temperature is determined by photoionization heating.

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