Extreme X Rays Probe Extreme Matter

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Extreme X Rays Probe Extreme Matter

It takes a strong electric field to ionize atoms or ions in the creation of plasmas. These fields can be generated in lightning bolts (electric discharges), neon light bulbs, at the focus of a laser, and in the path of particle beams. It is perhaps less obvious that plasma itself can also have sufficiently strong fields within it to further ionize ions, since one might expect equal amounts of p...

Extreme Nonlinear Optics: Coherent X Rays from Lasers

coherent light with controllable properties—is one of the most significant enabling achievements of 20thcentury science. Because atoms interact through the electromagnetic force, researchers can probe—and in some cases control—the properties and dynamics of atomic, molecular, or condensed matter systems with unprecedented precision simply by applying external, controlled electromagnetic fields....

Soft X-rays and Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation: Principles and.

1.1 (a) Confirm that for a photon energy h ω, with corresponding wavelength λ in vacuum, the two are related by eV nm 1239.842 ⋅ = ⋅ λ ω h Values for physical constants are given in Appendix A, page 419. (b) What wavelength in nm corresponds to photons of energy 543.1 eV? (c) What wavelengths in vacuum are associated with the K and L-absorption edges of neon, chlorine, cobalt, and ruthenium? 1....

SOFT X-RAYS AND EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION Principles and Applications