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Title: Measurement of Short-Range Correlations in Shock-Compressed Plastic by Short-Pulse X-Ray Scattering

Abstract

We have performed short-pulse x-ray scattering measurements on laser-driven shock-compressed plastic samples in the warm dense matter regime, providing instantaneous snapshots of the system evolution. Time-resolved and angularly resolved scattered spectra sensitive to the correlation effects in the plasma show the appearance of short-range order within a few interionic separations. Comparison with radiation-hydrodynamic simulations indicates that the shocked plastic is compressed with a temperature of a few electron volts. These results are important for the understanding of the thermodynamic behavior of strongly correlated matter for conditions relevant to both laboratory astrophysics and inertial confinement fusion research.

Authors:
 [1]; ; ; ;  [1];  [2]; ; ;  [3]; ; ;  [4];  [5];  [6];  [4]
  1. Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation de Lasers Intenses, UMR7605, CNRS CEA, Universite Paris VI Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex (France)
  2. Plasma Physics Department, AWE Aldermaston, Reading (United Kingdom)
  3. Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL (United Kingdom)
  4. Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford, OX1 3PU (United Kingdom)
  5. School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN (United Kingdom)
  6. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot OX11 0QX (United Kingdom)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21316646
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 102; Journal Issue: 16; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.165004; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT; LASERS; MATTER; PLASMA; PLASTICS; PULSES; TIME RESOLUTION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION

Citation Formats

Barbrel, B, CEA, DAM, DIF, Ile-de-France, F-91297 Arpajon, Koenig, M, Benuzzi-Mounaix, A, Brambrink, E, Rabec le Gloahec, M, Brown, C R. D., Plasma Physics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, Gericke, D O, Vorberger, J, Wuensch, K, Nagler, B, Vinko, S M, Wark, J, Riley, D, Spindloe, C, Gregori, G, and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot OX11 0QX. Measurement of Short-Range Correlations in Shock-Compressed Plastic by Short-Pulse X-Ray Scattering. United States: N. p., 2009. Web. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.102.165004.
Barbrel, B, CEA, DAM, DIF, Ile-de-France, F-91297 Arpajon, Koenig, M, Benuzzi-Mounaix, A, Brambrink, E, Rabec le Gloahec, M, Brown, C R. D., Plasma Physics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, Gericke, D O, Vorberger, J, Wuensch, K, Nagler, B, Vinko, S M, Wark, J, Riley, D, Spindloe, C, Gregori, G, & Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot OX11 0QX. Measurement of Short-Range Correlations in Shock-Compressed Plastic by Short-Pulse X-Ray Scattering. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.102.165004
Barbrel, B, CEA, DAM, DIF, Ile-de-France, F-91297 Arpajon, Koenig, M, Benuzzi-Mounaix, A, Brambrink, E, Rabec le Gloahec, M, Brown, C R. D., Plasma Physics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, Gericke, D O, Vorberger, J, Wuensch, K, Nagler, B, Vinko, S M, Wark, J, Riley, D, Spindloe, C, Gregori, G, and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot OX11 0QX. 2009. "Measurement of Short-Range Correlations in Shock-Compressed Plastic by Short-Pulse X-Ray Scattering". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.102.165004.
@article{osti_21316646,
title = {Measurement of Short-Range Correlations in Shock-Compressed Plastic by Short-Pulse X-Ray Scattering},
author = {Barbrel, B and CEA, DAM, DIF, Ile-de-France, F-91297 Arpajon and Koenig, M and Benuzzi-Mounaix, A and Brambrink, E and Rabec le Gloahec, M and Brown, C R. D. and Plasma Physics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London and Gericke, D O and Vorberger, J and Wuensch, K and Nagler, B and Vinko, S M and Wark, J and Riley, D and Spindloe, C and Gregori, G and Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot OX11 0QX},
abstractNote = {We have performed short-pulse x-ray scattering measurements on laser-driven shock-compressed plastic samples in the warm dense matter regime, providing instantaneous snapshots of the system evolution. Time-resolved and angularly resolved scattered spectra sensitive to the correlation effects in the plasma show the appearance of short-range order within a few interionic separations. Comparison with radiation-hydrodynamic simulations indicates that the shocked plastic is compressed with a temperature of a few electron volts. These results are important for the understanding of the thermodynamic behavior of strongly correlated matter for conditions relevant to both laboratory astrophysics and inertial confinement fusion research.},
doi = {10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.102.165004},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/21316646}, journal = {Physical Review Letters},
issn = {0031-9007},
number = 16,
volume = 102,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2009},
month = {Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2009}
}