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K-shell emission of highly-ionized copper from relativistically-intense laser pulses

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Abstract

We will discuss our recent work performing high-resolution (E/ΔE > 5000) X-ray spectroscopy of copper K-shell emission from high-intensity (I ∼1021 W/cm2) laser experiments using the high contrast (> 10-11) ALEPH 400 nm laser at Colorado State University. Through simultaneous measurement of front- and rear-side K-shell fluorescence and accompanying collisional-radiative modeling we examine the generation and propagation of energetic electrons in thin foil and layered targets to elucidate the physics of ultra high-intensity, laser-solid interactions. 

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Presenters

  • Nicholas Beier

    STROBE, NSF Science & Technology Center, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 USA

Authors

  • Nicholas Beier

    STROBE, NSF Science & Technology Center, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 USA

  • Hunter G Allison

    STROBE, NSF Science & Technology Center, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 USA

  • Yasmeen Musthafa

    STROBE, NSF Science & Technology Center, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 USA

  • Franklin J Dollar

    STROBE, NSF Science & Technology Center, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697 USA

  • Vigneshvar Senthilkumaran

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3 Canada, Univ of Alberta

  • Reed C Hollinger

    Colorado State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521 USA

  • Ryan Nedbailo

    Colorado State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521 USA

  • Huanyu Song

    Colorado State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521 USA

  • Shoujun Wang

    Colorado State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521 USA

  • Jorge J Rocca

    Colorado State University, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521 USA

  • P.C. C Efthimion

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, PPPL

  • Lan Gao

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, PPPL, Princeton University

  • Brian F Kraus

    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, PPPL, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), USA

  • Kenneth W Hill

    Princeton University, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Kirk A Flippo

    Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • Stephanie B Hansen

    Sandia National Laboratories

  • Ronnie L Shepherd

    Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab

  • Amina E Hussein

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2R3 Canada, Univ of Alberta