K-edge Absorption spectra in Warm Dense Matter

Journal Article · Thu Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 2009 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3241191· OSTI ID:21344614

Peyrusse, O; Dorchies, F; Harmand, M; Levy, A ^[1]; Mazevet, S; Recoules, V; Renaudin, P ^[2]; Fuchs, J; Mancic, A; Nakatsutsumi, M; Audebert, P ^[3]

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1. CELIA, UMR 5107, Universite Bordeaux 1-CEA-CNRS, 351 Cours de la Liberation, Talence (France)
2. CEA, DAM, DIF, F-91297, Arpajon (France)
3. LULI, UMR 7605, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau (France)

The recent development of compact, short (ps or sub-ps) X-ray sources gives access to the structural nature of short time-scale phenomena and to the study of very transient systems such as warm dense materials. Among the structural tools used for the study of static (solid) materials, X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS) spectroscopy has proven to provide useful information on the local structure (atomic arrangement) and on the electronic Density of States. In a context where the matter is disordered but highly correlated, we present K-edge absorption studies of warm, dense aluminum. The range of temperature starts from the solid and extend to the strongly correlated plasma regime. We describe here two theoretical approaches for the the calculation of the K-edge absorption features. The first one involves a (Modified) HyperNetted Chain--Neutral Pseudo Atom (MHNC-NPA) model of dense matter coupled with a specific model of the XAFS features. The second one is based on ab initio Quantum Molecular Dynamics (QMD) simulations from which a Kubo-Greenwood formulation combined with the Projector Augmented Wave (PAW) formalism gives a direct access to the X-ray absorption spectra. These spectra are compared with recent K-edge absorption measurements in aluminum targets isochorically heated by laser-created protons and probed by a short X-ray backlighting source.

• OSTI ID: 21344614
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1161, Issue 1; Conference: 16. international conference on atomic processes in plasmas, Monterey, CA (United States), 22-26 Mar 2009; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3241191; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ABSORPTION SPECTRA
ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY
ALUMINIUM
ATOMS
ELECTRON GAS
ENERGY-LEVEL DENSITY
FINE STRUCTURE
FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD
LASER TARGETS
LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA
MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHOD
PROTONS
SOLIDS
TRANSIENTS
X-RAY SOURCES
X-RAY SPECTRA
X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY
BARYONS
CALCULATION METHODS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
FERMIONS
HADRONS
ITERATIVE METHODS
MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS
METALS
NUCLEONS
NUMERICAL SOLUTION
PLASMA
RADIATION SOURCES
SPECTRA
SPECTROSCOPY
TARGETS