Explosions of xenon clusters in ultraintense femtosecond X-ray pulses from the LCLS free electron laser

H. Thomas; A. Helal; K. Hoffmann; N. Kandadai; J. Keto; J. Andreasson; B. Iwan; M. Seibert; N. Timneanu; J. Hajdu; M. Adolph; T. Gorkhover; D. Rupp; S. Schorb; T. Möller; G. Doumy; L. F. Dimauro; M. Hoener; B. Murphy; N. Berrah; M. Messerschmidt; J. Bozek; C. Bostedt; T. Ditmire

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.133401

Explosions of xenon clusters in ultraintense femtosecond X-ray pulses from the LCLS free electron laser

H. Thomas, A. Helal, K. Hoffmann, N. Kandadai, J. Keto, J. Andreasson, B. Iwan, M. Seibert, N. Timneanu, J. Hajdu, M. Adolph, T. Gorkhover, D. Rupp, S. Schorb, T. Möller, G. Doumy, L. F. Dimauro, M. Hoener, B. Murphy, N. BerrahM. Messerschmidt, J. Bozek, C. Bostedt, T. Ditmire

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Explosions of large Xe clusters (N∼11000) irradiated by femtosecond pulses of 850eV x-ray photons focused to an intensity of up to 1017W/cm2 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.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	133401
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	108
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.133401
State	Published - Mar 28 2012
Externally published	Yes

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Thomas, H., Helal, A., Hoffmann, K., Kandadai, N., Keto, J., Andreasson, J., Iwan, B., Seibert, M., Timneanu, N., Hajdu, J., Adolph, M., Gorkhover, T., Rupp, D., Schorb, S., Möller, T., Doumy, G., Dimauro, L. F., Hoener, M., Murphy, B., ... Ditmire, T. (2012). Explosions of xenon clusters in ultraintense femtosecond X-ray pulses from the LCLS free electron laser. Physical Review Letters, 108(13), Article 133401. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.133401

Thomas, H, Helal, A, Hoffmann, K, Kandadai, N, Keto, J, Andreasson, J, Iwan, B, Seibert, M, Timneanu, N, Hajdu, J, Adolph, M, Gorkhover, T, Rupp, D, Schorb, S, Möller, T, Doumy, G, Dimauro, LF, Hoener, M, Murphy, B, Berrah, N, Messerschmidt, M, Bozek, J, Bostedt, C & Ditmire, T 2012, 'Explosions of xenon clusters in ultraintense femtosecond X-ray pulses from the LCLS free electron laser', Physical Review Letters, vol. 108, no. 13, 133401. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.133401

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