• DocumentCode
    2783381
  • Title

    Asymmetric explosion of laser-irradiated hydrogen clusters

  • Author

    Chen, Yu-hsin ; Varma, Sanjay ; Kumarappan, Vinod ; Milchberg, Howard M.

  • Author_Institution
    Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, 20742, USA
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Under conditions of small hydrogen cluster size, where we expected angular-dependent time-of-flight (TOF) proton spectra consistent with isotropic coulomb explosions, we instead found strong explosion asymmetry with fast protons emitted preferentially in the direction of the laser polarization.
  • Keywords
    Argon; Atomic beams; Electrons; Explosions; Gas lasers; Hydrodynamics; Hydrogen; Optical pulses; Polarization; Protons;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/QELS.2007.4431078
  • Filename
    4431078
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2783381