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Production of exotic states of matter with the use of X-rays generated by focusing a petawatt laser pulse onto a solid target

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Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Izhorskaya 13/19, Moscow, 127412, Russian Federation

The possibility is discussed of using optical laser radiation with a flux density of > 1020 W cm−2 to create an ultraintense X-ray source capable of producing polychromatic radiation with a power flux density of 1019 W cm−2 or higher. The X-ray radiation of so high an intensity permits not only transforming a condensed target to a plasma state but also obtaining an exotic plasma state with a high density of hollow ions. Currently still not in wide use and available in only a few laboratories in the world, lasers with a flux density of about 1020 W cm−2 are more compact and lower-cost compared to free-electron X-ray lasers or lasers used for the indirect heating of fusion targets. The source under discussion can produce by far higher X-ray intensities than plasma X-ray lasers of a similar scale.

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PACS: 32.80.−t, 52.27.Ny, 52.38.Ph, 52.70.La (all)
DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0184.201407e.0759
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2014/7/d/
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Citation: Pikuz S A (Jr.), Faenov A Ya, Skobelev I Yu, Fortov V E "Production of exotic states of matter with the use of X-rays generated by focusing a petawatt laser pulse onto a solid target" Phys. Usp. 57 702–707 (2014)
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Received: 20th, September 2013, revised: 15th, November 2013, 19th, November 2013

Оригинал: Пикуз С А (мл.), Фаенов А Я, Скобелев И Ю, Фортов В Е «Создание экзотических состояний вещества с помощью рентгеновского излучения, генерируемого при фокусировке петаваттного лазерного импульса на твердотельные мишени» УФН 184 759–765 (2014); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0184.201407e.0759

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