Laser heating of large noble gas clusters: From the resonant to the relativistic interaction regimes

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gumbrell, E T ^a,b   Moore, A S ^a,b   Lazarus, J A ^b   Clark, E L ^a,d   Nilson, P M ^b,e   Garbett, W J ^a   Comley, A J ^a   Robinson, J S ^b   Hohenberger, M ^b   Edwards, R D ^a   Eagleton, R E ^a   Clarke, R J ^c   Symes, D R ^b,c   Smith, R A ^b  

^a AWE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; GAS ABSORPTION; HEATING; INERT GASES; IONIZATION OF GASES; LASER HEATING; LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS; LASERS; PLASMA HEATING; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PLASMAS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VACUUM; VACUUM DEPOSITION;

ABSORPTION FRACTIONS; ATOMIC CLUSTERS; CLUSTER ENERGIES; COLLISIONLESS; ELECTRON ENERGY SPECTRUM; ENERGY TRANSPORTS; IONIZATION FRONTS; LASER ABSORPTIONS; LASER PLASMAS; NOBLE GAS CLUSTERS; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OPTICAL PROBING; PICO-SECOND LASERS; PLASMA ENERGIES; PRE PULSE; RELATIVISTIC INTERACTIONS; RESONANT HEATING; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPIES;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 59249104035     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/12/123011     Document Type: Article

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