Physics – Atomic and Molecular Clusters
Scientific paper
2010-11-09
Physics
Atomic and Molecular Clusters
12 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
We investigate the wavelength dependent ionization, heating, and expansion dynamics of medium-sized rare-gas clusters (Ar$_{923}$) under intense femtosecond short-wavelength free electron laser pulses by quasi-classical molecular dynamics simulations. A comparison of the interaction dynamics for pulses with $\hbar\omega$=20, 38, and 90\,eV photon energy at fixed total excitation energy indicates a smooth transition from plasma-driven cluster expansion, where predominantly surface ions are expelled by hydrodynamic forces, to quasi-electrostatic behavior with almost pure Coulomb explosion. Corresponding signatures in the time-dependent cluster dynamics as well as in the final ion and electron spectra support that this transition is linked to a crossover in the electron emission processes. The resulting signatures in the electron spectra are shown to be even more reliable for identifying the cluster expansion mechanisms than ion energy spectra itself.
Arbeiter Mathias
Fennel Thomas
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