Extreme ionization of gold atoms

Extreme ionization of gold atoms

Gold atoms are stripped of 72 of their electrons to form nitrogen-like Au 72+ ions inside extremely hot plasmas by irradiating gold foils and nanowires with highly relativistic femtosecond laser pulses.

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature photonics 2020-10, Vol.14 (10), p.598-599
Hauptverfasser: Van Dao, Lap, Hannaford, Peter
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
639/624/400/1106
639/766/1960/1135
Applied and Technical Physics
Femtosecond pulses
Gold
Ionization
Metal foils
Nanotechnology
Nanowires
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Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Plasmas (physics)
Quantum Physics
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Zusammenfassung:Gold atoms are stripped of 72 of their electrons to form nitrogen-like Au 72+ ions inside extremely hot plasmas by irradiating gold foils and nanowires with highly relativistic femtosecond laser pulses.
ISSN:1749-4885
1749-4893
DOI:10.1038/s41566-020-0694-x