Ionization of Clusters in Strong X-Ray Laser Pulses

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 14, 2002, Pages

  Saalmann, Ulf ^a   Rost, Jan Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ATOMS; BINDING ENERGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; ELECTRON EMISSION; ELECTRON TUNNELING; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOIONIZATION; X RAYS;

ARGON CLUSTERS; LASER ATOM INTERACTION; PONDEROMOTIVE ENERGY; QUANTUM CLASSICAL METHOD; X RAY LASER PULSES;

QUANTUM OPTICS;

EID: 0037201582     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.143401     Document Type: Article

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