High-energy ions produced in explosions of superheated atomic clusters

Nature

Volumn 386, Issue 6620, 1997, Pages 54-56

  Ditmire, T ^a   Tisch, J W G ^a   Springate, E ^a   Mason, M B ^a   Hay, N ^a   Smith, R A ^a   Marangos, J ^a   Hutchinson, M H R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION; XENON;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; EXPLOSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LASER; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030896685     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/386054a0     Document Type: Article

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