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Interaction of laser radiation with matter. Laser plasma

On the maximum energy of ions in a disintegrating ultrathin foil irradiated by a high-power ultrashort laser pulse

V. Yu. Bychenkov^a, V. F. Kovalev<sup>b

a</sup> P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Institute for Mathematical Modelling, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: The theory of Coulomb explosion of a plasma is used to estimate the maximum energy of ions produced upon irradiation of an ultrathin foil by a relativistically strong ultrashort laser pulse.

PACS: 52.38.Kd, 52.50.Jm

Received: 25.08.2005

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2005, 35:12, 1143–1145

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