Tag: Ablation
Cyclotron rotation and ion waves drive nickel isotope enrichment
What the study found The study found that a self-consistent model can explain the unusually large enrichment of nickel isotopes seen in ablation plumes from ultrafast laser irradiation of solid surfaces. The model centers on a spontaneous magnetic centrifuge in the plasma, with cyclotron rotation of ions and ion Bernstein waves (IBWs, broad-spectrum plasma waves)…
