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Title: Recombination-enhanced surface expansion of clusters in intense soft x-ray laser pulses

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Here, we studied the nanoplasma formation and explosion dynamics of single large xenon clusters in ultrashort, intense x-ray free-electron laser pulses via ion spectroscopy. The simultaneous measurement of single-shot diffraction images enabled a single-cluster analysis that is free from any averaging over the cluster size and laser intensity distributions. The measured charge state-resolved ion energy spectra show narrow distributions with peak positions that scale linearly with final ion charge state. These two distinct signatures are attributed to highly efficient recombination that eventually leads to the dominant formation of neutral atoms in the cluster. The measured mean ion energies exceed the value expected without recombination by more than an order of magnitude, indicating that the energy release resulting from electron-ion recombination constitutes a previously unnoticed nanoplasma heating process. This conclusion is supported by results from semiclassical molecular dynamics simulations.

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  1. Technische Univ. Berlin, Berlin (Germany)
  2. Technische Univ. Berlin, Berlin (Germany); La Trobe Univ., Bundoora, VIC (Australia)
  3. Technische Univ. Berlin, Berlin (Germany); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  4. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Technische Univ. Berlin, Berlin (Germany)
  5. Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Berlin (Germany)
  6. Univ. Munster, Munster (Germany)
  7. Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany)
  8. Univ. Rostock, Rostock (Germany)
  9. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
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Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1348868
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1328250
Grant/Contract Number:  
05K10KT2; 05K13KT2; BO 3169/2-2; MO 719/13-1; AC02-06CH11357; AC02-76SF00515
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 117; Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY

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Rupp, Daniela, Flückiger, Leonie, Adolph, Marcus, Gorkhover, Tais, Krikunova, Maria, Müller, Jan Philippe, Müller, Maria, Oelze, Tim, Ovcharenko, Yevheniy, Röben, Benjamin, Sauppe, Mario, Schorb, Sebastian, Wolter, David, Mitzner, Rolf, Wöstmann, Michael, Roling, Sebastian, Harmand, Marion, Treusch, Rolf, Arbeiter, Mathias, Fennel, Thomas, Bostedt, Christoph, and Möller, Thomas. Recombination-enhanced surface expansion of clusters in intense soft x-ray laser pulses. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.153401.
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Rupp, Daniela, Flückiger, Leonie, Adolph, Marcus, Gorkhover, Tais, Krikunova, Maria, Müller, Jan Philippe, Müller, Maria, Oelze, Tim, Ovcharenko, Yevheniy, Röben, Benjamin, Sauppe, Mario, Schorb, Sebastian, Wolter, David, Mitzner, Rolf, Wöstmann, Michael, Roling, Sebastian, Harmand, Marion, Treusch, Rolf, Arbeiter, Mathias, Fennel, Thomas, Bostedt, Christoph, & Möller, Thomas. Recombination-enhanced surface expansion of clusters in intense soft x-ray laser pulses. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.153401
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Rupp, Daniela, Flückiger, Leonie, Adolph, Marcus, Gorkhover, Tais, Krikunova, Maria, Müller, Jan Philippe, Müller, Maria, Oelze, Tim, Ovcharenko, Yevheniy, Röben, Benjamin, Sauppe, Mario, Schorb, Sebastian, Wolter, David, Mitzner, Rolf, Wöstmann, Michael, Roling, Sebastian, Harmand, Marion, Treusch, Rolf, Arbeiter, Mathias, Fennel, Thomas, Bostedt, Christoph, and Möller, Thomas. Fri . "Recombination-enhanced surface expansion of clusters in intense soft x-ray laser pulses". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.153401. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1348868.
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@article{osti_1348868,
title = {Recombination-enhanced surface expansion of clusters in intense soft x-ray laser pulses},
author = {Rupp, Daniela and Flückiger, Leonie and Adolph, Marcus and Gorkhover, Tais and Krikunova, Maria and Müller, Jan Philippe and Müller, Maria and Oelze, Tim and Ovcharenko, Yevheniy and Röben, Benjamin and Sauppe, Mario and Schorb, Sebastian and Wolter, David and Mitzner, Rolf and Wöstmann, Michael and Roling, Sebastian and Harmand, Marion and Treusch, Rolf and Arbeiter, Mathias and Fennel, Thomas and Bostedt, Christoph and Möller, Thomas},
abstractNote = {Here, we studied the nanoplasma formation and explosion dynamics of single large xenon clusters in ultrashort, intense x-ray free-electron laser pulses via ion spectroscopy. The simultaneous measurement of single-shot diffraction images enabled a single-cluster analysis that is free from any averaging over the cluster size and laser intensity distributions. The measured charge state-resolved ion energy spectra show narrow distributions with peak positions that scale linearly with final ion charge state. These two distinct signatures are attributed to highly efficient recombination that eventually leads to the dominant formation of neutral atoms in the cluster. The measured mean ion energies exceed the value expected without recombination by more than an order of magnitude, indicating that the energy release resulting from electron-ion recombination constitutes a previously unnoticed nanoplasma heating process. This conclusion is supported by results from semiclassical molecular dynamics simulations.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.153401},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 15,
volume = 117,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Fri Oct 07 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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FIG. 1 FIG. 1: Ion time-of-flight spectra of single large clusters [radii of 180(±30) nm, 250(±40) nm, 400(±50) nm, and 600(±50) nm] sorted by cluster size and laser intensity, derived by comparison with Mie simulations; see text. The spectra are sorted from bottom to top by increasing image brightness; corresponding colors reflectmore » similar estimated FEL intensities. Offsets are applied for better visibility. Please note that the 400 nm ion spectra constitute a representative selection out of 94 spectra, while in the other size regimes only 5–10 events were collected. The FEL intensity values experienced by the clusters, as indicated in the figure, have to be considered as orientation only, as the intensity assignment may be compromised by detector nonlinearities [42] and intensity-dependent ultrafast electronic changes in the cluster [44].« less
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