Non-adiabatic cluster expansion after ultrashort laser interaction

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-81

  Faenov, A Ya ^a,h   Magunov, A I ^b   Pikuz, T A ^a   Skobelev, I Yu ^a   Giulietti, D ^c,d,e   Betti, S ^c,d   Galimberti, M ^c,e   Gamucci, A ^c,d,e   Giulietti, A ^c,e   Gizzi, L A ^c,e   Labate, L ^c,e   Levato, T ^c,d,e   Tomassini, P ^c,e   Marques, J R ^f   Bourgeois, N ^f   Dufrenoy, S Dobosz ^g   Ceccotti, T ^g   Monot, P ^g   Reau, F ^g   Popescu, H ^g   D'Oliveira, P ^g   Martin, Ph ^g   Fukuda, Y ^h   Boldarev, A S ⁱ   Gasilov, S V ^a,i   Gasilov, V A ⁱ   more..

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES   (Russian Federation)

^b PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Intense Laser Irradiation Laboratory   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e INFN SEZIONE DI PISA   (Italy)

^f Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^g Centre d Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay   (France)

^h JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL MODELING   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Femtosecond laser interaction with clusters; Interferometer of plasma; Plasma diagnostics; X ray spectroscopy of multi charged ions

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; PLASMAS; ULTRASHORT PULSES; X RAY ANALYSIS;

FEMTOSECOND LASER INTERACTION WITH CLUSTERS; INTERFEROMETER OF PLASMA; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY OF MULTI-CHARGED IONS;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 42949123957     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: 1469803X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034608000104     Document Type: Article

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