Controlled shock shells and intracluster fusion reactions in the explosion of large clusters

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F. Peano,^1,2 R. A. Fonseca,² J. L. Martins,² and L. O. Silva²
¹Dipartimento di Energetica, Politecnico di Torino, corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
²GoLP/Centro de Física dos Plasmas, Instituto Superior Técnico, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal

Received 5 September 2005; published 17 May 2006

Theion phase-space dynamics in the Coulomb explosion of very large(~10⁶–10⁷ atoms) deuterium clusters can be tailored using two consecutivelaser pulses with different intensities and an appropriate time delay.For suitable sets of laser parameters (intensities and delay), large-scaleshock shells form during the explosion, thus highly increasing theprobability of fusion reactions within the single exploding clusters. Inorder to analyze the ion dynamics and evaluate the intraclusterreaction rate, a one-dimensional theory is used, which approximately accountsfor the electron expulsion from the clusters. It is foundthat, for very large clusters (initial radius ~100 nm), and optimallaser parameters, the intracluster fusion yield becomes comparable to theintercluster fusion yield. The validity of the results is confirmedwith three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations.

URL:	http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.73.053202
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevA.73.053202
PACS:	36.40.Gk; 52.65.-y 36.40.Gk Plasma and collective effects in atomic and molecular clusters 52.65.-y Plasma simulation YEAR: 2006
KEYWORDS:	deuterium, atomic clusters, photodissociation, molecule-photon collisions, photoionisation, plasma production by laser, plasma simulation, plasma shock waves, plasma interactions

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