Opacity measurements of a hot iron plasma using an x-ray laser

• Published in: Physical review letters Vol. 97; no. 3; p. 035001
• Main Authors: Edwards, M H, Whittaker, D, Mistry, P, Booth, N, Pert, G J, Tallents, G J, Rus, B, Mocek, T, Koslová, M, McKenna, C, Delserieys, A, Lewis, C L S, Notley, M, Neely, D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 21.07.2006

The temporal evolution of the opacity of an iron plasma at high temperature (30-350 eV) and high density (0.001-0.2 g cm-3) has been measured using a nickel-like silver x-ray laser at 13.9 nm. The hot dense iron plasma was created in a thin (50 nm) iron layer buried 80 nm below the surface in a plas...