2 papers
physics.plasm-ph2015
Non-Maxwellian electron distributions resulting from direct laser acceleration in near-critical plasmas
T. Toncian, C. Wang, E. McCary +17
The irradiation of few nm thick targets by a finite-contrast high-intensity short-pulse laser results in a strong pre-expansion of these targets at the arrival time of the main pul…
physics.plasm-ph2015
Thermal and chaotic distributions of plasma in laser driven Coulomb explosions of deuterium clusters
M. Barbarino, M. Warrens, A. Bonasera +16
In this work we explore the possibility that the motion of the deuterium ions emitted from Coulomb cluster explosions is chaotic enough to resemble thermalization. We analyze the p…