• Question: when you used the most powerful X-ray laser on Earth to recreate the type of conditions found inside the sun and at the heart of giant planets, in our solar system and beyond.what happened?

    Asked by westmorepenney to Sam on 13 Mar 2012.
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      Sam Vinko answered on 13 Mar 2012:


      The metal we created in those conditions first emitted a very large amount of X-rays and was then vaporised almost instantly!
      Fortunately this was not before we could learn something new about how dense-hot systems interact with intense light.

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