Plasma jets from laser-irradiated planar targets
- 18 December 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 63 (25) , 2737-2740
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.63.2737
Abstract
We have observed plasma jets from laser-irradiated gold disk targets. The structures originate from low-intensity regions of the incident laser beam but propagate much faster than similar density surfaces from higher-intensity regions. The material is both cold and dense, as evidenced by its emission of soft x rays and absorption of hard x rays.Keywords
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