Hannover 2010 – scientific programme
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A: Fachverband Atomphysik
A 13: Interaction with Strong or Short Laser Pulses I
A 13.6: Talk
Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 15:30–15:45, F 107
Coulomb Explosion of Clusters Irradiated with Intense Femtosecond X-Ray Pulses — •Sebastian Schorb1, D. Rupp1, M. Adolph1, T. Gorkhover1, T. Möller1, N. Timneanu2, J. Andreasson2, B. Iwan2, M. Seiwert2, J. Haidu2, K. Hoffmann3, N. Kandadai3, A. Helal3, H. Thomas3, J. Keto3, T. Ditmire3, G. Doumy4, L. DiMauro4, M. Hoener5, B. Murphy5, N. Berrah5, J. Bozek6, M. Messerschmidt6, and C. Bostedt6 — 1Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin — 2Uppsala University — 3Fusion Research Center, University of Texas — 4Department of Physics, The Ohio State University — 5Department of Physics, Western Michigan University — 6LCLS, SLAC National Laboratory
Free Electron Lasers open the door for novel experiments such as single shot imaging of molecules. For the success of the imaging experiments a detailed understanding of the ligth -- matter interaction in the x-ray regime is pivotal. We have performed first investigations about intense x-ray -- cluster interaction with femtosecond pulses from the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) free electron laser in Stanford. We have studied the Coulomb explosion of argon clusters as a function of intensity and pulse length. The ionization dynamics in the keV photon energy regime will be compared to previous experiments in the soft x-ray regime at FLASH.