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The role of hollow atoms in the spectra of an ultrashort-pulse-laser-driven Ar cluster target

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2008

J. Colgan ,
J. Abdallah JR. ,
A. Y. Faenov ,
T. A. Pikuz ,
I. Y. Skobelev ,
V. E. Fortov ,
Y. Fukuda ,
Y. Akahane ,
M. Aoyama  and
N. Inoue
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J. Colgan*
Affiliation:
Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
J. Abdallah JR.
Affiliation:
Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico
A. Y. Faenov
Affiliation:
Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa-shi. Kyoto, Japan
T. A. Pikuz
Affiliation:
Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa-shi. Kyoto, Japan
I. Y. Skobelev
Affiliation:
Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
V. E. Fortov
Affiliation:
Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Y. Fukuda
Affiliation:
Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa-shi. Kyoto, Japan
Y. Akahane
Affiliation:
Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa-shi. Kyoto, Japan
M. Aoyama
Affiliation:
Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa-shi. Kyoto, Japan
N. Inoue
Affiliation:
Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa-shi. Kyoto, Japan
K. Yamakawa
Affiliation:
Kansai Photon Science Institute (KPSI), Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Kizugawa-shi. Kyoto, Japan
*
Address correspondence and reprint requests to: J. Colgan, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545. E-mail: jcolgan@lanl.gov
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Abstract

An investigation is made of the role of hollow atoms in the spectra of an ultrashort-pulse-laser-driven Ar cluster target. Experimental measurements are presented from an Ar cluster-gas target using short-pulse lasers with various intensities, durations, and contrasts. Calculations in support of these measurements have been performed using a detailed atomic kinetics model with the ion distributions found from solution of the time-dependent rate equations. The calculations are in good agreement with the measurements and the role of hollow atoms in the resulting complicated spectra is analyzed. It is demonstrated that, although the presence of hollow atoms is estimated to add only around 2% to the total line emission, signatures of hollow atom spectra can be identified in the calculations, which are qualitatively supported by the experimental measurements.

Keywords

hollow atoms and ionsspectroscopycluster targetlaser plasma interaction
Type
Research Article
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Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 83 - 94
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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