Exotic dense-matter states pumped by a relativistic laser plasma in the radiation-dominated regime

J. Colgan; J. Abdallah; A. Ya. Faenov; S. A. Pikuz; E. Wagenaars; N. Booth; O. Culfa; R. J. Dance; R. G. Evans; R. J. Gray; T. Kaempfer; K. L. Lancaster; P. McKenna; A. L. Rossall; I. Yu. Skobelev; K. S. Schulze; I. Uschmann; A. G. Zhidkov; N. C. Woolsey

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.125001

Exotic dense-matter states pumped by a relativistic laser plasma in the radiation-dominated regime

J. Colgan, J. Abdallah, A. Ya. Faenov, S. A. Pikuz, E. Wagenaars, N. Booth, O. Culfa, R. J. Dance, R. G. Evans, R. J. Gray, T. Kaempfer, K. L. Lancaster, P. McKenna, A. L. Rossall, I. Yu. Skobelev, K. S. Schulze, I. Uschmann, A. G. Zhidkov, N. C. Woolsey

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Abstract

In high-spectral resolution experiments with the petawatt Vulcan laser, strong x-ray radiation of KK hollow atoms (atoms without n = 1 electrons) from thin Al foils was observed at pulse intensities of 3 x 10(20) W/cm(2). The observations of spectra from these exotic states of matter are supported by detailed kinetics calculations, and are consistent with a picture in which an intense polychromatic x-ray field, formed from Thomson scattering and bremsstrahlung in the electrostatic fields at the target surface, drives the KK hollow atom production. We estimate that this x-ray field has an intensity of >5 x 10(18) W/cm(2) and is in the 3 keV range.

Original language	English
Article number	125001
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	110
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.125001
Publication status	Published - 18 Mar 2013

Keywords

petawatt Vulcan laser
laser plasma
atom production
high-spectral resolution

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Colgan, J., Abdallah, J., Faenov, A. Y., Pikuz, S. A., Wagenaars, E., Booth, N., Culfa, O., Dance, R. J., Evans, R. G., Gray, R. J., Kaempfer, T., Lancaster, K. L., McKenna, P., Rossall, A. L., Skobelev, I. Y., Schulze, K. S., Uschmann, I., Zhidkov, A. G., & Woolsey, N. C. (2013). Exotic dense-matter states pumped by a relativistic laser plasma in the radiation-dominated regime. Physical Review Letters, 110(12), Article 125001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.125001

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