title: Xenon clusters in intense VUV laser fields.
abstract: A simple model is developed that quantitatively describes intense interactions of a vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) laser pulse with a xenon cluster. We find good agreement with a recent experiment [Nature (London) 420, 482 (2002)]]. In particular, the large number of VUV photons absorbed per atom, at intensities significantly below 10(16) W/cm(2), is now understood.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0440, USA.
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Santra
authors.forename: Chris H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Greene