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The mechanism of fast-electron emission from laser-irradiated clusters is studied by model calculations. Rescattering of electrons at the charged cluster is shown to be an important process. In contrast to rescattering at atoms, the structure, that is the size and strength, of the scattering potential determines final kinetic energies of the electrons. This becomes evident in a strong cluster-size dependence of the electron spectra.
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