Hydrodynamic time scales for intense laser-heated clusters

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 118-124

  Parra, Enrique ^a   Alexeev, Ilya ^a   Fan, Jingyun ^a   Kim, Kiong Y ^a   McNaught, Stuart J ^a   Milchberg, Howard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IRRADIATION; LASER PULSES; PLASMAS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LASER-HEATED CLUSTERS;

ARGON;

EID: 0037499508     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.20.000118     Document Type: Article

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