Creation and diagnosis of a solid-density plasma with an X-ray free-electron laser

0377604 - FZÚ 2013 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Vinko, S.M. - Ciricosta, O. - Cho, B.I. - Engelhorn, K. - Chung, H.-K. - Brown, C.R.D. - Burian, Tomáš - Chalupský, Jaromír - Falcone, R.W. - Graves, C. - Hájková, Věra - Higginbotham, A. - Juha, Libor - Krzywinski, J. - Lee, H.J. - Messerschmidt, M. - Murphy, C. D. - Ping, Y. - Scherz, A. - Schlotter, W. - Toleikis, S. - Turner, J.J. - Vyšín, Luděk - Wang, T. - Wu, B. - Zastrau, U. - Zhu, D. - Lee, R. W. - Heimann, P.A. - Nagler, B. - Wark, J. S.
Creation and diagnosis of a solid-density plasma with an X-ray free-electron laser.
Nature. Roč. 482, č. 7383 (2012), s. 59-63. ISSN 0028-0836. E-ISSN 1476-4687
R&D Projects: GA AV ČR KAN300100702; GA MŠMT LC510; GA ČR(CZ) GAP108/11/1312; GA MŠMT LA08024; GA AV ČR IAAX00100903; GA MŠMT(CZ) ME10046
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z10100523
Keywords : x-ray laser * free-electron laser * hot dense plasmas * astrophysics * inertial fusion
Subject RIV: BH - Optics, Masers, Lasers
Impact factor: 38.597, year: 2012

We report the experimental creation of a solid-density plasma at temperatures in excess of one million kelvin on inertial-confinement time-scales using an X-ray free-electron laser. We discuss the pertinent physics of the intense X-ray-matter interactions, and illustrate the importance of electron-ion collisions. Detailed simulations of the interaction process conducted with a radiative-collisional code show good qualitative agreement with the experimental results. We obtain insights into the evolution of the charge state distribution of the system, the electron density and temperature, and the time-scales of collisional processes.
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