Published October 15, 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Rare gas cluster explosion in an intense laser field

  • 1. Laser Technology Laboratory, RIKEN - The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Hirosawa 2-1, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198 (Japan)
  • 2. CEA-Saclay, DSM/DRECAM/SPAM, Bat. 522, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex (France)

Description

We study rare gas cluster explosion in an intense, femtosecond laser pulse using Monte Carlo particle dynamics simulations. The obtained dependence of ion energy on ion charge is approximately quadratic for lower charge states and linear for higher ones. This behavior, also observed in experiments, can be entirely explained on the basis of the Coulomb explosion mechanism. Our results also show that electron impact ionization plays only a minor role in ionization

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
634
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 211-216
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
7. international symposium of the Graduate University for Advanced Studies on science of superstrong field interactions
Dates
13-15 Mar 2002
Place
Shonan Village, Hayama (Japan)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
35087151
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ATOMIC CLUSTERS; CHARGE STATES; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; EXPLOSIONS; GASES; IONIZATION; IONS; LASERS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONUCLEAR REACTIONS; PULSES
Descriptors DEC
CALCULATION METHODS; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; FLUIDS; LEPTONS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; SIMULATION

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(c) 2002 American Institute of Physics