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Autoionization dynamics of He nanodroplets resonantly excited by intense XUV laser pulses

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arxiv 1902.05332 v1 pith:6JZQUL2B submitted 2019-02-14 physics.atm-clus

Autoionization dynamics of He nanodroplets resonantly excited by intense XUV laser pulses

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keywords autoionizationexcitedionizationatomicatomsdropletsdynamicselectron
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The ionization dynamics of helium droplets in a wide size range from 220 to 10^6 He atoms irradiated with intense femtosecond extreme ultraviolet (XUV) pulses of 10^9 {\div} 10^{12} W/cm2 power density is investigated in detail by photoelectron spectroscopy. Helium droplets are resonantly excited in the photon energy range from ~ 21 eV (corresponding to the atomic 1s2s state) up to the atomic ionization potential (IP) at ~ 25 eV. A complex evolution of the electron spectra as a function of droplet size and XUV intensity is observed, ranging from atomic-like narrow peaks due to binary autoionization, to an unstructured feature characteristic of electron emission from a nanoplasma. The experimental results are analyzed and interpreted with the help of numerical simulations based on rate equations taking into account various processes such as multi-step ionization, interatomic Coulombic decay (ICD), secondary inelastic collisions, desorption of electronically excited atoms, collective autoionization (CAI) and further relaxation processes.

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