Jack Davis et al 2005 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 38 L309 doi:10.1088/0953-4075/38/19/L01
Multikilovolt channelled x-ray propagation in water
FREE ARTICLEJack Davis1, Alex B Borisov2, Keith Boyer2 and Charles K Rhodes2,3,4,5
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Water is a nearly ideal medium for the production of confined modes of propagation with the relativistic/charge-displacement mechanism in the multikilovolt x-ray region. Calculations for λx ~ 2.9 Å anchored to experimental data in the ultraviolet (248 nm) region yield stable channels having a characteristic diameter of ~190 Å, a propagating intensity of ~1026 W cm–2 and a loss parameter due to photoionization of ~0.3 mJ cm–1. These values are consistent with the generation of x-ray channels conducting coherent x-ray fluences >1010 J cm–2 in water over a length of ~1 m, a range a factor of ~104 greater than the distance associated with linear propagation.
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52.38.Hb Self-focussing, channeling, and filamentation in plasmas
52.38.Ph X-ray, gamma-ray and particle generation
33.80.Eh Autoionization, photoionization, and photodetachment
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Issue 19 (14 October 2005)
Received 19 April 2005, in final form 31 August 2005
Published 14 September 2005
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