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Abstract

As a form of matter intermediate between molecules and bulk solids, atomic clusters have been much studied. Light-induced processes in clusters can lead to photo-fragmentation and Coulombic fission, producing atom and ion fragments with a few electrovolts (eV) of energy.

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Title
Nuclear fusion from explosions of femtosecond laser-heated deuterium clusters
Author
Ditmire, T; Zweiback, J; Yanovsky, V P; Cowan, T E; et al
Pages
489-492
Publication year
1999
Publication date
Apr 8, 1999
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
ISSN
00280836
e-ISSN
14764687
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/19037
ProQuest document ID
204485312
Copyright
Copyright Macmillan Journals Ltd. Apr 8, 1999