Characterization of suprathermal electrons inside a laser accelerated plasma via highly-resolved K⍺-emission

M. Šmíd; O. Renner; A. Colaitis; V. T. Tikhonchuk; T. Schlegel; F. B. Rosmej

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12008-9

Nature Communications (Sep 2019)

Characterization of suprathermal electrons inside a laser accelerated plasma via highly-resolved K⍺-emission

M. Šmíd,
O. Renner,
A. Colaitis,
V. T. Tikhonchuk,
T. Schlegel,
F. B. Rosmej

Affiliations

M. Šmíd: Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
O. Renner: Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
A. Colaitis: Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, University of Bordeaux - CNRS - CEA
V. T. Tikhonchuk: ELI Beamlines, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
T. Schlegel: ELI Beamlines, Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences
F. B. Rosmej: Sorbonne Université, Faculté des Sciences et Ingénierie

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12008-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Suprathermal electrons in laser-generated plasmas are potentially useful in many plasma environments. Here the authors show the characterization of suprathermal electrons in laser-generated Cu plasma using a high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy combined with hydrodynamic and atomic modeling.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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