Strongly-coupled plasmas formed from laser-heated solids

We present an analysis of ion temperatures in laser-produced plasmas formed from solids with different initial lattice structures. We show that the equilibrium ion temperature is limited by a mismatch between the initial crystallographic configuration and the close-packed configuration of a strongly...

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Autores principales: Lyon, M., Bergeson, S. D., Hart, G., Murillo, M. S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4621604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26503293
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep15693
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description We present an analysis of ion temperatures in laser-produced plasmas formed from solids with different initial lattice structures. We show that the equilibrium ion temperature is limited by a mismatch between the initial crystallographic configuration and the close-packed configuration of a strongly-coupled plasma, similar to experiments in ultracold neutral plasmas. We propose experiments to demonstrate and exploit this crystallographic heating in order to produce a strongly coupled plasma with a coupling parameter of several hundred.
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spelling pubmed-46216042015-10-29 Strongly-coupled plasmas formed from laser-heated solids Lyon, M. Bergeson, S. D. Hart, G. Murillo, M. S. Sci Rep Article We present an analysis of ion temperatures in laser-produced plasmas formed from solids with different initial lattice structures. We show that the equilibrium ion temperature is limited by a mismatch between the initial crystallographic configuration and the close-packed configuration of a strongly-coupled plasma, similar to experiments in ultracold neutral plasmas. We propose experiments to demonstrate and exploit this crystallographic heating in order to produce a strongly coupled plasma with a coupling parameter of several hundred. Nature Publishing Group 2015-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4621604/ /pubmed/26503293 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep15693 Text en Copyright © 2015, Macmillan Publishers Limited http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4621604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26503293
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep15693
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