X-ray-line polarization spectroscopy in laser-produced plasmas

1993 
In this work, we show that x-ray-line polarization spectroscopy can be a powerful diagnostic to study laser-produced plasmas. Kinetic calculations are compared to experiments designed to probe the lowdensity plasma region (with a 1-ps laser pulse) and the overdense plasma (with a 400-fs laser pulse). We observe the transition from a "pancakelike" electron distribution function at low density to a "beamlike" electron distribution function in the overdense plasma. The results are in agreement with the calculations which indicate non-Maxwellian behavior and strong anisotropy due to nonlocal electron heat flow.
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