Probing the dynamics of solid density micro-wire targets after ultra-intense laser irradiation using a free-electron laser
Plasma Physics
2023-11-07 v1
Abstract
In this paper, we present an experiment that explores the plasma dynamics of a 7 micron diameter carbon wire after being irradiated with a near-relativistic-intensity short pulse laser. Using an X-ray Free Electron Laser pulse to measure the small angle X-ray scattering signal, we observe that the scattering surface is bent and prone to instability over tens of picoseconds. The dynamics of this process are consistent with the presence of a sharp, propagating shock front inside the wire, moving at a speed close to the hole boring velocity.
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@article{arxiv.2302.03104,
title = {Probing the dynamics of solid density micro-wire targets after ultra-intense laser irradiation using a free-electron laser},
author = {Thomas Kluge and Michael Bussmann and Eric Galtier and Siegfried Glenzer and Jörg Grenzer and Christian Gutt and Nicholas J. Hartley and Lingen Huang and Alejandro Laso Garcia and Hae Ja Lee and Emma E. McBride and Josefine Metzkes-Ng and Motoaki Nakatsutsumi and Inhyuk Nam and Alexander Pelka and Irene Prencipe and Lisa Randolph and Martin Rehwald and Christian Rödel and Melanie Rödel and Toma Toncian and Long Yang and Karl Zeil and Ulrich Schramm and Thomas E. Cowan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.03104},
year = {2023}
}