title: Tabletop nucleosynthesis driven by cluster Coulomb explosion.
abstract: Coulomb explosion of completely ionized (CH4)n, (NH3)n, and (H2O)n clusters will drive tabletop nuclear reactions of protons with 12C6+, 14N7+, and 16O8+ nuclei, extending the realm of nuclear reactions driven by ultraintense laser-heterocluster interaction. The realization for nucleosynthesis in exploding cluster beams requires complete electron stripping from the clusters (at laser intensities I(M) > or = 10(19) W cm(-2)), the utilization of nanodroplets of radius 300-700 A for vertical ionization, and the attainment of the highest energies for the nuclei (i.e., approximately 30 MeV for heavy nuclei and approximately 3 MeV for protons).
authors.affiliation: School of Chemistry, Tel-Aviv University, 69978 Tel-Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Isidore
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Last
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jortner