Experimental studies of emission of highly charged Au-ions and of X-rays from the laser-produced plasma at high laser intensities

L. Láska; S. Cavallaro; K. Jungwirth; J. Krása; E. Krouský; D. Margarone; A. Mezzasalma; M. Pfeifer; K. Rohlena; L. Ryć; J. Skála; L. Torrisi; J. Ullschmied; A. Velyhan; G. Verona-Rinati

doi:10.1140/epjd/e2008-00226-8

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Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics

Eur. Phys. J. D 54, 487-492 (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2008-00226-8

Experimental studies of emission of highly charged Au-ions and of X-rays from the laser-produced plasma at high laser intensities

L. Láska¹^a, S. Cavallaro²^,3, K. Jungwirth¹, J. Krása¹, E. Krouský¹, D. Margarone²^,4, A. Mezzasalma⁴, M. Pfeifer¹, K. Rohlena¹, L. Ryć¹, J. Skála¹, L. Torrisi²^,4, J. Ullschmied⁵, A. Velyhan¹ and G. Verona-Rinati⁶

¹ Institute of Physics, ASCR v.v.i., 182 00 Prague, Czech Republic
² INFN-Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Catania, Italy
³ Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Catania, Catania, Italy
⁴ Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Messina, Messina, Italy
⁵ Institute of Plasma Physics, ASCR v.v.i., 182 00 Prague, Czech Republic
⁶ Ingegneria Industriale, Università Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy

Corresponding author: ^a laska@fzu.cz

Received: 12 September 2008
Revised: 2 November 2008
Published online: 28 November 2008

Abstract

Au ions with maximum charge states 58+ and with the kinetic energy in a region of ∼100 MeV were recorded. The influence of various experimental conditions is presented and discussed.

PACS: 52.38.Kd – Laser-plasma acceleration of electrons and ions / 52.38.Ph – X-ray, gamma-ray, and particle generation

© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2009