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X-ray spectroscopy diagnoses of clusters surviving under prepulses of ultra-intense femtosecond laser pulse irradiation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2012

A.Ya. Faenov ,
I.Yu. Skobelev ,
T.A. Pikuz ,
S.A. Pikuz Jr. ,
V.E. Fortov ,
Y. Fukuda ,
Y. Hayashi ,
A. Pirozhkov ,
H. Kotaki  and
T. Shimomura
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A.Ya. Faenov*
Affiliation:
Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kyoto, Japan
I.Yu. Skobelev
Affiliation:
Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
T.A. Pikuz
Affiliation:
Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kyoto, Japan
S.A. Pikuz Jr.
Affiliation:
Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
V.E. Fortov
Affiliation:
Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Y. Fukuda
Affiliation:
Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kyoto, Japan
Y. Hayashi
Affiliation:
Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kyoto, Japan
A. Pirozhkov
Affiliation:
Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kyoto, Japan
H. Kotaki
Affiliation:
Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kyoto, Japan
T. Shimomura
Affiliation:
Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kyoto, Japan
H. Kiriyama
Affiliation:
Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kyoto, Japan
S. Kanazawa
Affiliation:
Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kyoto, Japan
Y. Kato
Affiliation:
The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
J. Colgan
Affiliation:
Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
J. Abdallah Jr.
Affiliation:
Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
M. Kando
Affiliation:
Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kyoto, Japan
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: A. Ya Faenov, Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Izhorskaya 13 bld. 2, Moscow, 125412Russia. E-mail: anatolyf@hotmail.com
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Abstract

It is shown that various spectroscopic methods based on measurements of X-ray spectra radiated from cluster targets can be used for estimation of the destruction degree of clusters by laser prepulses. These methods allow insight to be gained regarding the important issue of preservation of the dense cluster core at the moment of the arrival of the main laser pulse. In addition, they can be used for quantitative estimation of the size of the undestroyed parts of the clusters and also for measuring the temperature and density of the preplasmas produced by the laser prepulses.

Keywords

ClustersFemtosecond lasersHollow ionsSelf-absorptionX-ray diagnostics
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Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , September 2012 , pp. 481 - 488
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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