Journal article icon

Journal article

High-intensity-laser-driven Z pinches

Abstract:
The use of ultrahigh intensity laser pulses (I>5×1019 W cm-2) to irradiate thin wire targets was analyzed. The current was produced by the escape of fast electrons from the target, which resulted in the well-localised optical emission from the additional wire . The MHD instabilities in the pinching plasmas along with field emission of electrons from nearby objects were also observed. The X-ray power levels can be enchanced from laser driven Z pinches using wire array and X-pinch configurations, the coherent optical transition radiation from adjacent objects was also observed.

Actions

Access Document

Publisher copy:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.095001

Authors


Journal:
Physical Review Letters More from this journal
Volume:
92
Issue:
9
Pages:
095001-1
Publication date:
2004-03-05
DOI:
EISSN:
1079-7114
ISSN:
0031-9007


Language:
English
Pubs id:
pubs:353816
UUID:
uuid:f319edd0-b2f3-401c-94bc-c8008d723f17
Local pid:
pubs:353816
Source identifiers:
353816
Deposit date:
2013-11-16
ARK identifier:

Terms of use


Views and Downloads






If you are the owner of this record, you can report an update to it here: Report update to this record

TO TOP