Ultrafast nonthermal heating of water initiated by an X-ray Free-Electron Laser

Beyerlein, Kenneth R.; Jonsson, H. Olof; Alonso-Mori, Roberto; Aquila, Andrew; Bajt, Sa?a; Barty, Anton; Bean, Richard; Koglin, Jason E.; Messerschmidt, Marc; Ragazzon, Davide; Sokaras, Dimosthenis; Williams, Garth J.; Hau-Riege, Stefan; Boutet, Sebastien; Chapman, Henry N.; Timneanu, Nicusor; Caleman, Carl

doi:10.1073/pnas.1711220115

Ultrafast nonthermal heating of water initiated by an X-ray Free-Electron Laser

Journal Article · Mon May 14 04:00:00 EDT 2018 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1711220115· OSTI ID:1458456

^[1]; ^[2]; Alonso-Mori, Roberto ^[3]; Aquila, Andrew ^[3]; ^[4]; Barty, Anton ^[1]; Bean, Richard ^[1]; Koglin, Jason E. ^[3]; Messerschmidt, Marc ^[3]; Ragazzon, Davide ^[2]; Sokaras, Dimosthenis ^[3]; Williams, Garth J. ^[3]; Hau-Riege, Stefan ^[5]; Boutet, Sebastien ^[3]; ^[6]; ^[7]; Caleman, Carl ^[8]

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany). Center for Free-Electron Laser Science
Uppsala Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany). Photon Science
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany). Center for Free-Electron Laser Science; Univ. of Hamburg (Germany). Dept. of Physics; Univ. of Hamburg (Germany). Centre for Ultrafast Imaging
Uppsala Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy and Dept. of Cell and Molecular Biology
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg (Germany). Center for Free-Electron Laser Science; Uppsala Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

The bright ultrafast pulses of X-ray Free-Electron Lasers allow investigation into the structure of matter under extreme conditions. We have used single pulses to ionize and probe water as it undergoes a phase transition from liquid to plasma. We report changes in the structure of liquid water on a femtosecond time scale when irradiated by single 6.86 keV X-ray pulses of more than 10⁶ J/cm². These observations are supported by simulations based on molecular dynamics and plasma dynamics of a water system that is rapidly ionized and driven out of equilibrium. Finally, this exotic ionic and disordered state with the density of a liquid is suggested to be structurally different from a neutral thermally disordered state.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1458456

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1570664
OSTI ID: 1890816
OSTI ID: 1689887

Report Number(s):: BNL--212174-2019-JAAM

Journal Information:: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Issue: 22 Vol. 115; ISSN 0027-8424

Publisher:: National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC (United States)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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