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Descamps A, Ofori-Okai BK, Bistoni O, Chen Z, Cunningham E, Fletcher LB, Hartley NJ, Hastings JB, Khaghani D, Mo M, Nagler B, Recoules V, Redmer R, Schörner M, Senesky DG, Sun P, Tsai HE, White TG, Glenzer SH, McBride EE. Evidence for phonon hardening in laser-excited gold using x-ray diffraction at a hard x-ray free electron laser. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadh5272. [PMID: 38335288 PMCID: PMC10857355 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh5272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Studies of laser-heated materials on femtosecond timescales have shown that the interatomic potential can be perturbed at sufficiently high laser intensities. For gold, it has been postulated to undergo a strong stiffening leading to an increase of the phonon energies, known as phonon hardening. Despite efforts to investigate this behavior, only measurements at low absorbed energy density have been performed, for which the interpretation of the experimental data remains ambiguous. By using in situ single-shot x-ray diffraction at a hard x-ray free-electron laser, the evolution of diffraction line intensities of laser-excited Au to a higher energy density provides evidence for phonon hardening.
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- Adrien Descamps
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
- Aeronautics and Astronautics Department, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
- School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast, University Road, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- CEA/DAM DIF, F-91297 Arpajon Cedex, France
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, Laboratoire Matière en Conditions Extrêmes, 91680 Bruyères-le-Châtel, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- CEA/DAM DIF, F-91297 Arpajon Cedex, France
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, Laboratoire Matière en Conditions Extrêmes, 91680 Bruyères-le-Châtel, France
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- Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 23, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 23, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Aeronautics and Astronautics Department, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
- School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast, University Road, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK
- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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Schörner M, Bethkenhagen M, Döppner T, Kraus D, Fletcher LB, Glenzer SH, Redmer R. X-ray Thomson scattering spectra from density functional theory molecular dynamics simulations based on a modified Chihara formula. Phys Rev E 2023; 107:065207. [PMID: 37464593 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.107.065207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/20/2023]
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We study ab initio approaches for calculating x-ray Thomson scattering spectra from density functional theory molecular dynamics simulations based on a modified Chihara formula that expresses the inelastic contribution in terms of the dielectric function. We study the electronic dynamic structure factor computed from the Mermin dielectric function using an ab initio electron-ion collision frequency in comparison to computations using a linear-response time-dependent density functional theory (LR-TDDFT) framework for hydrogen and beryllium and investigate the dispersion of free-free and bound-free contributions to the scattering signal. A separate treatment of these contributions, where only the free-free part follows the Mermin dispersion, shows good agreement with LR-TDDFT results for ambient-density beryllium, but breaks down for highly compressed matter where the bound states become pressure ionized. LR-TDDFT is used to reanalyze x-ray Thomson scattering experiments on beryllium demonstrating strong deviations from the plasma conditions inferred with traditional analytic models at small scattering angles.
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- École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, CNRS UMR 5276, 69364 Lyon, Cedex 07, France
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Am Campus 1, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551, USA
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- University of Rostock, Institute of Physics, 18051 Rostock, Germany
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, 01328 Dresden, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- University of Rostock, Institute of Physics, 18051 Rostock, Germany
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Schoelmerich MO, Döppner T, Allen CH, Divol L, Oliver M, Haden D, Biener M, Crippen J, Delora-Ellefson J, Ferguson B, Gericke DO, Goldman A, Haid A, Heinbockel C, Kalantar D, Karmiol Z, Kemp G, Kroll J, Landen OL, Masters N, Ping Y, Spindloe C, Theobald W, White TG. Developing a platform for Fresnel diffractive radiography with 1 μm spatial resolution at the National Ignition Facility. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2023; 94:013104. [PMID: 36725556 DOI: 10.1063/5.0101890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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An x-ray Fresnel diffractive radiography platform was designed for use at the National Ignition Facility. It will enable measurements of micron-scale changes in the density gradients across an interface between isochorically heated warm dense matter materials, the evolution of which is driven primarily through thermal conductivity and mutual diffusion. We use 4.75 keV Ti K-shell x-ray emission to heat a 1000 μm diameter plastic cylinder, with a central 30 μm diameter channel filled with liquid D2, up to 8 eV. This leads to a cylindrical implosion of the liquid D2 column, compressing it to ∼2.3 g/cm3. After pressure equilibration, the location of the D2/plastic interface remains steady for several nanoseconds, which enables us to track density gradient changes across the material interface with high precision. For radiography, we use Cu He-α x rays at 8.3 keV. Using a slit aperture of only 1 μm width increases the spatial coherence of the source, giving rise to significant diffraction features in the radiography signal, in addition to the refraction enhancement, which further increases its sensitivity to density scale length changes at the D2/plastic interface.
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- M O Schoelmerich
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-493, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-493, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N Virginia St., Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-493, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, Chilton OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N Virginia St., Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-493, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- General Atomics, P.O. Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-493, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-493, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N Virginia St., Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- General Atomics, P.O. Box 85608, San Diego, California 92186-5608, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-493, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-493, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N Virginia St., Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-493, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-493, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-493, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-493, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, L-493, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford-Appleton Laboratory, Chilton OX11 0QX, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory for Laser Energetics, 250 E River Rd., Rochester, New York 14623, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 N Virginia St., Reno, Nevada 89557, USA
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Descamps A, Ofori-Okai BK, Baldwin JK, Chen Z, Fletcher LB, Glenzer SH, Hartley NJ, Hasting JB, Khaghani D, Mo M, Nagler B, Recoules V, Redmer R, Schörner M, Sun P, Wang YQ, White TG, McBride EE. Towards performing high-resolution inelastic X-ray scattering measurements at hard X-ray free-electron lasers coupled with energetic laser drivers. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2022; 29:931-938. [PMID: 35787558 PMCID: PMC9255572 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577522004453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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High-resolution inelastic X-ray scattering is an established technique in the synchrotron community, used to investigate collective low-frequency responses of materials. When fielded at hard X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) and combined with high-intensity laser drivers, it becomes a promising technique for investigating matter at high temperatures and high pressures. This technique gives access to important thermodynamic properties of matter at extreme conditions, such as temperature, material sound speed, and viscosity. The successful realization of this method requires the acquisition of many identical laser-pump/X-ray-probe shots, allowing the collection of a sufficient number of photons necessary to perform quantitative analyses. Here, a 2.5-fold improvement in the energy resolution of the instrument relative to previous works at the Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) endstation, Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), and the High Energy Density (HED) instrument, European XFEL, is presented. Some aspects of the experimental design that are essential for improving the number of photons detected in each X-ray shot, making such measurements feasible, are discussed. A careful choice of the energy resolution, the X-ray beam mode provided by the XFEL, and the position of the analysers used in such experiments can provide a more than ten-fold improvement in the photometrics. The discussion is supported by experimental data on 10 µm-thick iron and 50 nm-thick gold samples collected at the MEC endstation at the LCLS, and by complementary ray-tracing simulations coupled with thermal diffuse scattering calculations.
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- A. Descamps
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
- Aeronautics and Astronautics Department, Stanford University, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bikini Atoll Road, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- CEA/DAM DIF, F-91297 Arpajon Cedex, France
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, Laboratoire Matière en Conditions Extrêmes, 91680 Bruyères-le-Châtel, France
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- Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 23, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Straße 23, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bikini Atoll Road, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
- PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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Cerantola V, Rosa AD, Konôpková Z, Torchio R, Brambrink E, Rack A, Zastrau U, Pascarelli S. New frontiers in extreme conditions science at synchrotrons and free electron lasers. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2021; 33:274003. [PMID: 33930892 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/abfd50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Synchrotrons and free electron lasers are unique facilities to probe the atomic structure and electronic properties of matter at extreme thermodynamical conditions. In this context, 'matter at extreme pressures and temperatures' was one of the science drivers for the construction of low emittance 4th generation synchrotron sources such as the Extremely Brilliant Source of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility and hard x-ray free electron lasers, such as the European x-ray free electron laser. These new user facilities combine static high pressure and dynamic shock compression experiments to outstanding high brilliance and submicron beams. This combination not only increases the data-quality but also enlarges tremendously the accessible pressure, temperature and density space. At the same time, the large spectrum of available complementary x-ray diagnostics for static and shock compression studies opens unprecedented insights into the state of matter at extremes. The article aims at highlighting a new horizon of scientific opportunities based on the synergy between extremely brilliant synchrotrons and hard x-ray free electron lasers.
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- Valerio Cerantola
- European X-ray Free-Electron Laser, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European X-ray Free-Electron Laser, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- ESRF-The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble 38000, France
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- European X-ray Free-Electron Laser, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- ESRF-The European Synchrotron, 71 Avenue des Martyrs, Grenoble 38000, France
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- European X-ray Free-Electron Laser, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European X-ray Free-Electron Laser, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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Metastability of diamond ramp-compressed to 2 terapascals. Nature 2021; 589:532-535. [PMID: 33505034 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-03140-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Carbon is the fourth-most prevalent element in the Universe and essential for all known life. In the elemental form it is found in multiple allotropes, including graphite, diamond and fullerenes, and it has long been predicted that even more structures can exist at pressures greater than those at Earth's core1-3. Several phases have been predicted to exist in the multi-terapascal regime, which is important for accurate modelling of the interiors of carbon-rich exoplanets4,5. By compressing solid carbon to 2 terapascals (20 million atmospheres; more than five times the pressure at Earth's core) using ramp-shaped laser pulses and simultaneously measuring nanosecond-duration time-resolved X-ray diffraction, we found that solid carbon retains the diamond structure far beyond its regime of predicted stability. The results confirm predictions that the strength of the tetrahedral molecular orbital bonds in diamond persists under enormous pressure, resulting in large energy barriers that hinder conversion to more-stable high-pressure allotropes1,2, just as graphite formation from metastable diamond is kinetically hindered at atmospheric pressure. This work nearly doubles the highest pressure at which X-ray diffraction has been recorded on any material.
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Wollenweber L, Preston TR, Descamps A, Cerantola V, Comley A, Eggert JH, Fletcher LB, Geloni G, Gericke DO, Glenzer SH, Göde S, Hastings J, Humphries OS, Jenei A, Karnbach O, Konopkova Z, Loetzsch R, Marx-Glowna B, McBride EE, McGonegle D, Monaco G, Ofori-Okai BK, Palmer CAJ, Plückthun C, Redmer R, Strohm C, Thorpe I, Tschentscher T, Uschmann I, Wark JS, White TG, Appel K, Gregori G, Zastrau U. High-resolution inelastic x-ray scattering at the high energy density scientific instrument at the European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2021; 92:013101. [PMID: 33514249 DOI: 10.1063/5.0022886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 12/12/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We introduce a setup to measure high-resolution inelastic x-ray scattering at the High Energy Density scientific instrument at the European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL). The setup uses the Si (533) reflection in a channel-cut monochromator and three spherical diced analyzer crystals in near-backscattering geometry to reach a high spectral resolution. An energy resolution of 44 meV is demonstrated for the experimental setup, close to the theoretically achievable minimum resolution. The analyzer crystals and detector are mounted on a curved-rail system, allowing quick and reliable changes in scattering angle without breaking vacuum. The entire setup is designed for operation at 10 Hz, the same repetition rate as the high-power lasers available at the instrument and the fundamental repetition rate of the European XFEL. Among other measurements, it is envisioned that this setup will allow studies of the dynamics of highly transient laser generated states of matter.
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- L Wollenweber
- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston, Reading, Berkshire RG7 4PR, United Kingdom
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Centre for Fusion, Space & Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, California 94550, USA
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- Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Trento, via Sommarive 14, Povo 38123, TN, Italy
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, University Road, BT7 1NN Belfast, United Kingdom
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Universität Rostock, Institut für Physik, Albert-Einstein-Straße 23-24, 18051 Rostock, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Physics Department, University of Nevada at Reno, Reno, Nevada 89506, USA
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- European XFEL, Holzkoppel 4, 22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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Descamps A, Ofori-Okai BK, Appel K, Cerantola V, Comley A, Eggert JH, Fletcher LB, Gericke DO, Göde S, Humphries O, Karnbach O, Lazicki A, Loetzsch R, McGonegle D, Palmer CAJ, Plueckthun C, Preston TR, Redmer R, Senesky DG, Strohm C, Uschmann I, White TG, Wollenweber L, Monaco G, Wark JS, Hastings JB, Zastrau U, Gregori G, Glenzer SH, McBride EE. An approach for the measurement of the bulk temperature of single crystal diamond using an X-ray free electron laser. Sci Rep 2020; 10:14564. [PMID: 32884061 PMCID: PMC7471281 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71350-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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We present a method to determine the bulk temperature of a single crystal diamond sample at an X-Ray free electron laser using inelastic X-ray scattering. The experiment was performed at the high energy density instrument at the European XFEL GmbH, Germany. The technique, based on inelastic X-ray scattering and the principle of detailed balance, was demonstrated to give accurate temperature measurements, within [Formula: see text] for both room temperature diamond and heated diamond to 500 K. Here, the temperature was increased in a controlled way using a resistive heater to test theoretical predictions of the scaling of the signal with temperature. The method was tested by validating the energy of the phonon modes with previous measurements made at room temperature using inelastic X-ray scattering and neutron scattering techniques. This technique could be used to determine the bulk temperature in transient systems with a temporal resolution of 50 fs and for which accurate measurements of thermodynamic properties are vital to build accurate equation of state and transport models.
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- A Descamps
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA.
- Aeronautics and Astronautics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston, Reading, RG7 4PR, UK
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK
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- Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
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- Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743, Jena, Germany
- Helmholtz-Institut Jena, Fröbelstieg 3, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston, Reading, RG7 4PR, UK
- Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University, University Road BT7 1NN, Belfast, UK
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- European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock, A.-Einstein-Str. 23-24, 18059, Rostock, Germany
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- Aeronautics and Astronautics Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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- European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
- Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron, Notkestrasse 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institut für Optik und Quantenelektronik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743, Jena, Germany
- Helmholtz-Institut Jena, Fröbelstieg 3, 07743, Jena, Germany
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- University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 89557, USA
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- European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento, Via Sommarive 14, 38123, Povo, TN, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, 22869, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU, UK
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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Lyu C, Cavaletto SM, Keitel CH, Harman Z. Narrow-band hard-x-ray lasing with highly charged ions. Sci Rep 2020; 10:9439. [PMID: 32523007 PMCID: PMC7287111 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65477-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2019] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A scheme is put forward to generate fully coherent x-ray lasers based on population inversion in highly charged ions, created by fast inner-shell photoionization using broadband x-ray free-electron-laser (XFEL) pulses in a laser-produced plasma. Numerical simulations based on the Maxwell–Bloch theory show that one can obtain high-intensity, femtosecond x-ray pulses of relative bandwidths Δω/ω = 10−5–10−7, by orders of magnitude narrower than in x-ray free-electron-laser pulses for discrete wavelengths down to the sub-ångström regime. Such x-ray lasers can be applicable in the study of x-ray quantum optics and metrology, investigating nonlinear interactions between x-rays and matter, or in high-precision spectroscopy studies in laboratory astrophysics.
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- Chunhai Lyu
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117, Heidelberg, Germany
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Frydrych S, Vorberger J, Hartley NJ, Schuster AK, Ramakrishna K, Saunders AM, van Driel T, Falcone RW, Fletcher LB, Galtier E, Gamboa EJ, Glenzer SH, Granados E, MacDonald MJ, MacKinnon AJ, McBride EE, Nam I, Neumayer P, Pak A, Voigt K, Roth M, Sun P, Gericke DO, Döppner T, Kraus D. Demonstration of X-ray Thomson scattering as diagnostics for miscibility in warm dense matter. Nat Commun 2020; 11:2620. [PMID: 32457297 PMCID: PMC7251136 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16426-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The gas and ice giants in our solar system can be seen as a natural laboratory for the physics of highly compressed matter at temperatures up to thousands of kelvins. In turn, our understanding of their structure and evolution depends critically on our ability to model such matter. One key aspect is the miscibility of the elements in their interiors. Here, we demonstrate the feasibility of X-ray Thomson scattering to quantify the degree of species separation in a 1:1 carbon-hydrogen mixture at a pressure of ~150 GPa and a temperature of ~5000 K. Our measurements provide absolute values of the structure factor that encodes the microscopic arrangement of the particles. From these data, we find a lower limit of [Formula: see text]% of the carbon atoms forming isolated carbon clusters. In principle, this procedure can be employed for investigating the miscibility behaviour of any binary mixture at the high-pressure environment of planetary interiors, in particular, for non-crystalline samples where it is difficult to obtain conclusive results from X-ray diffraction. Moreover, this method will enable unprecedented measurements of mixing/demixing kinetics in dense plasma environments, e.g., induced by chemistry or hydrodynamic instabilities.
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- S Frydrych
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 9, Darmstadt, 64289, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, Dresden, 01328, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, Dresden, 01328, Germany
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, Dresden, 01328, Germany
- Institute of Solid State and Materials Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, 01069, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, Dresden, 01328, Germany
- Institute of Solid State and Materials Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, 01069, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, Schenefeld, 22869, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstraße 1, Darmstadt, 64291, Germany
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, Dresden, 01328, Germany
- Institute of Solid State and Materials Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, 01069, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Schlossgartenstraße 9, Darmstadt, 64289, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Bautzner Landstraße 400, Dresden, 01328, Germany.
- Institute of Solid State and Materials Physics, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, 01069, Germany.
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Moldabekov ZA, Kählert H, Dornheim T, Groth S, Bonitz M, Ramazanov TS. Dynamical structure factor of strongly coupled ions in a dense quantum plasma. Phys Rev E 2019; 99:053203. [PMID: 31212426 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.99.053203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
The dynamical structure factor (DSF) of strongly coupled ions in dense plasmas with partially and strongly degenerate electrons is investigated. The main focus is on the impact of electronic correlations (nonideality) on the ionic DSF. The latter is computed by carrying out molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with a screened ion-ion interaction potential. The electronic screening is taken into account by invoking the Singwi-Tosi-Land-Sjölander approximation, and it is compared to the MD simulation data obtained considering the electronic screening in the random phase approximation and using the Yukawa potential. We find that electronic correlations lead to lower values of the ion-acoustic mode frequencies and to an extension of the applicability limit with respect to the wave-number of a hydrodynamic description. Moreover, we show that even in the limit of weak electronic coupling, electronic correlations have a nonnegligible impact on the ionic longitudinal sound speed. Additionally, the applicability of the Yukawa potential with an adjustable screening parameter is discussed, which will be of interest, e.g., for the interpretation of experimental results for the ionic DSF of dense plasmas.
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- Zh A Moldabekov
- Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Leibnizstraße 15, 24098 Kiel, Germany
- Institute for Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 71 Al-Farabi Street, 050040 Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Leibnizstraße 15, 24098 Kiel, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Leibnizstraße 15, 24098 Kiel, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Leibnizstraße 15, 24098 Kiel, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Leibnizstraße 15, 24098 Kiel, Germany
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- Institute for Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 71 Al-Farabi Street, 050040 Almaty, Kazakhstan
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McBride EE, White TG, Descamps A, Fletcher LB, Appel K, Condamine F, Curry CB, Dallari F, Funk S, Galtier E, Gamboa EJ, Gauthier M, Goede S, Kim JB, Lee HJ, Ofori-Okai BK, Oliver M, Rigby A, Schoenwaelder C, Sun P, Tschentscher T, Witte BBL, Zastrau U, Gregori G, Nagler B, Hastings J, Glenzer SH, Monaco G. Erratum: "Setup for meV-resolution inelastic X-ray scattering measurements and X-ray diffraction at the Matter in Extreme Conditions endstation at the Linac Coherent Light Source" [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 89, 10F104 (2018)]. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2018; 89:129901. [PMID: 30599579 DOI: 10.1063/1.5084054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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- E E McBride
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- University of Nevada at Reno, Reno, Nevada 89506, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, D-22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC, LULI, UMR 7605, Case 128, 4 Place Jussieu 75252 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento, via Sommarive 14, 38123 Povo, TN, Italy
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- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics, Erwin-Rommel-Str. 1, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, D-22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, D-22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- European XFEL GmbH, Holzkoppel 4, D-22869 Schenefeld, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU, United Kingdom
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento, via Sommarive 14, 38123 Povo, TN, Italy
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Kim JB, Schoenwaelder C, Glenzer SH. Development and characterization of liquid argon and methane microjets for high-rep-rate laser-plasma experiments. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2018; 89:10K105. [PMID: 30399803 DOI: 10.1063/1.5038561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Accepted: 07/12/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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A cryogenic microjet system has been used for delivering micron-scale continuous liquid hydrogen targets for laser-plasma experiments. This technique has been extended to higher-Z, higher boiling-point gases, including argon and methane. High-resolution shadowgraphy has been used to characterize the jet's morphology and pointing stability. A split and delay illumination source has also been developed for direct measurement of jet speeds without relying on assumptions of fluid flow conditions. Under typical conditions, the argon jets freeze solid due to evaporative cooling, but the methane jets remain liquid and break up to a droplet stream. A piezo driver is used to ensure the droplets are of uniform size. This jet has enabled the investigation of methane in planetary core conditions with high-rep-rate laser heating and x-ray laser probing.
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- Jongjin B Kim
- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California 94025, USA
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