Ultrafast electron kinetics in short pulse laser-driven dense hydrogen

Dense cryogenic hydrogen is heated by intense femtosecond infrared laser pulses at intensities of 1015-1016 Wcm-2. Three-dimensional particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations predict that this heating is limited to the skin depth, causing an inhomogeneously heated outer shell with a cold core and two promi...

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Main Authors: Zastrau, U, Sperling, P, Fortmann-Grote, C, Becker, A, Bornath, T, Bredow, R, Doeppner, T, Fennel, T, Fletcher, L, Foerster, E, Goede, S, Gregori, G, Harmand, M, Hilbert, V, Laarmann, T, Lee, H, Ma, T, Meiwes-Broer, K, Mithen, J, Murphy, C, Nakatsutsumi, M, Neumayer, P, Przystawik, A, Skruszewicz, S, Tiggesbaeumker, J, Toleikis, S, White, T, Glenzer, S, Redmer, R, Tschentscher, T
Format: Journal article
Published: IOP Publishing 2015