Evidence of high-n hollow ion emission from Si ions pumped by ultraintense x-rays from relativistic laser plasma

J. Colgan; A. Ya Faenov; S. A. Pikuz; E. Tubman; N. M. H. Butler; J. Abdallah Jr; R. J. Dance; T. A. Pikuz; I. Yu. Skobelev; M. A.  Alkhimova; N. Booth; J. Green; C. Gregory; A. Andreev; R Lotzsch; I. Uschmann; A. Zhidkov; R. Kodama; P. McKenna; N. Woolsey

doi:10.1209/0295-5075/114/35001

Evidence of high-n hollow ion emission from Si ions pumped by ultraintense x-rays from relativistic laser plasma

J. Colgan, A. Ya Faenov, S. A. Pikuz, E. Tubman, N. M. H. Butler, J. Abdallah Jr, R. J. Dance (Editor), T. A. Pikuz, I. Yu. Skobelev, M. A. Alkhimova, N. Booth, J. Green, C. Gregory, A. Andreev, R Lotzsch, I. Uschmann, A. Zhidkov, R. Kodama, P. McKenna (Editor), N. Woolsey

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Abstract

We report on the first observation of high-n hollow ions (ions having no electrons in the K or L shells) produced in Si targets via pumping by ultra-intense x-ray radiation produced in intense laser-plasma interactions reaching the radiation dominant kinetics regime. The existence of these new types of hollow ions in high energy density plasma has been found via observation of highly-resolved x-ray emission spectra of silicon plasma, and confirmed by plasma kinetics calculations, underscoring the ability of powerful radiation sources to fully strip electrons from the inner-most shells of light atoms. Hollow ions spectral diagnostics provide a unique opportunity to characterize powerful x-ray radiation of laboratory and astrophysical plasmas.

Language	English
Article number	35001
Number of pages	6
Journal	EPL: A Letters Journal Exploring the Frontiers of Physics
Volume	114
Issue number	3
DOIs	10.1209/0295-5075/114/35001
Publication status	Published - 25 May 2016

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Colgan, J., Faenov, A. Y., Pikuz, S. A., Tubman, E., Butler, N. M. H., Abdallah Jr, J., ... Woolsey, N. (2016). Evidence of high-n hollow ion emission from Si ions pumped by ultraintense x-rays from relativistic laser plasma. EPL: A Letters Journal Exploring the Frontiers of Physics, 114(3), [35001]. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/114/35001

Colgan, J. ; Faenov, A. Ya ; Pikuz, S. A. ; Tubman, E. ; Butler, N. M. H. ; Abdallah Jr, J. ; Dance, R. J. (Editor) ; Pikuz, T. A. ; Skobelev, I. Yu. ; Alkhimova, M. A. ; Booth, N. ; Green, J. ; Gregory, C. ; Andreev, A. ; Lotzsch, R ; Uschmann, I. ; Zhidkov, A. ; Kodama, R. ; McKenna, P. (Editor) ; Woolsey, N. / Evidence of high-n hollow ion emission from Si ions pumped by ultraintense x-rays from relativistic laser plasma. In: EPL: A Letters Journal Exploring the Frontiers of Physics. 2016 ; Vol. 114, No. 3.

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Colgan, J, Faenov, AY, Pikuz, SA, Tubman, E, Butler, NMH, Abdallah Jr, J, Dance, RJ (ed.), Pikuz, TA, Skobelev, IY, Alkhimova, MA, Booth, N, Green, J, Gregory, C, Andreev, A, Lotzsch, R, Uschmann, I, Zhidkov, A, Kodama, R, McKenna, P (ed.) & Woolsey, N 2016, 'Evidence of high-n hollow ion emission from Si ions pumped by ultraintense x-rays from relativistic laser plasma' EPL: A Letters Journal Exploring the Frontiers of Physics, vol. 114, no. 3, 35001. https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/114/35001

Evidence of high-n hollow ion emission from Si ions pumped by ultraintense x-rays from relativistic laser plasma. / Colgan, J.; Faenov, A. Ya; Pikuz, S. A.; Tubman, E.; Butler, N. M. H.; Abdallah Jr, J.; Dance, R. J. (Editor); Pikuz, T. A.; Skobelev, I. Yu.; Alkhimova, M. A. ; Booth, N.; Green, J.; Gregory, C.; Andreev, A.; Lotzsch, R; Uschmann, I.; Zhidkov, A.; Kodama, R.; McKenna, P. (Editor); Woolsey, N.

In: EPL: A Letters Journal Exploring the Frontiers of Physics, Vol. 114, No. 3, 35001, 25.05.2016.

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