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Relativistic and resonant effects in the ionization of heavy atoms by ultra-intense hard X-rays

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  • Benedikt Rudek

    (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt)

  • Koudai Toyota

    (DESY)

  • Lutz Foucar

    (Max Planck Institute for Medical Research)

  • Benjamin Erk

    (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY))

  • Rebecca Boll

    (Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics
    European XFEL GmbH)

  • Cédric Bomme

    (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY))

  • Jonathan Correa

    (DESY
    Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY))

  • Sebastian Carron

    (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
    California Lutheran University)

  • Sébastien Boutet

    (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

  • Garth J. Williams

    (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
    Brookhaven National Laboratory)

  • Ken R. Ferguson

    (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

  • Roberto Alonso-Mori

    (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

  • Jason E. Koglin

    (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)

  • Tais Gorkhover

    (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
    SLAC)

  • Maximilian Bucher

    (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
    Argonne National Laboratory)

  • Carl Stefan Lehmann

    (Argonne National Laboratory
    Philipps-Universität Marburg)

  • Bertold Krässig

    (Argonne National Laboratory)

  • Stephen H. Southworth

    (Argonne National Laboratory)

  • Linda Young

    (Argonne National Laboratory
    University of Chicago)

  • Christoph Bostedt

    (Argonne National Laboratory
    Northwestern University)

  • Kiyoshi Ueda

    (Tohoku University)

  • Tatiana Marchenko

    (Sorbonne Université)

  • Marc Simon

    (Sorbonne Université)

  • Zoltan Jurek

    (DESY)

  • Robin Santra

    (DESY
    University of Hamburg)

  • Artem Rudenko

    (Kansas State University)

  • Sang-Kil Son

    (DESY)

  • Daniel Rolles

    (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)
    Kansas State University)

Abstract

An accurate description of the interaction of intense hard X-ray pulses with heavy atoms, which is crucial for many applications of free-electron lasers, represents a hitherto unresolved challenge for theory because of the enormous number of electronic configurations and relativistic effects, which need to be taken into account. Here we report results on multiple ionization of xenon atoms by ultra-intense (about 1019 W/cm2) femtosecond X-ray pulses at photon energies from 5.5 to 8.3 keV and present a theoretical model capable of reproducing the experimental data in the entire energy range. Our analysis shows that the interplay of resonant and relativistic effects results in strongly structured charge state distributions, which reflect resonant positions of relativistically shifted electronic levels of highly charged ions created during the X-ray pulse. The theoretical approach described here provides a basis for accurate modeling of radiation damage in hard X-ray imaging experiments on targets with high-Z constituents.

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  • Benedikt Rudek & Koudai Toyota & Lutz Foucar & Benjamin Erk & Rebecca Boll & Cédric Bomme & Jonathan Correa & Sebastian Carron & Sébastien Boutet & Garth J. Williams & Ken R. Ferguson & Roberto Alonso, 2018. "Relativistic and resonant effects in the ionization of heavy atoms by ultra-intense hard X-rays," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-6, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-06745-6
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06745-6
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    1. Aljoscha Rörig & Sang-Kil Son & Tommaso Mazza & Philipp Schmidt & Thomas M. Baumann & Benjamin Erk & Markus Ilchen & Joakim Laksman & Valerija Music & Shashank Pathak & Daniel E. Rivas & Daniel Rolles, 2023. "Multiple-core-hole resonance spectroscopy with ultraintense X-ray pulses," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-10, December.

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