New experimental platform to study high density laser-compressed matter
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau (France)
- Stanford Univ., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton, AB (Canada)
- General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
We have developed a new experimental platform at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) which combines simultaneous angularly and spectrally resolved x-ray scatteringmeasurements. This technique offers a new insights on the structural and thermodynamic properties of warm dense matter. The < 50 fs temporal duration of the x-ray pulse provides near instantaneous snapshots of the dynamics of the compression. We present a proof of principle experiment for this platform to characterize a shock-compressed plastic foil. We observe the disappearance of the plastic semi-crystal structure and the formation of a compressed liquid ion-ion correlation peak. As a result, the plasma parameters of shock-compressed plastic can be measured as well, but requires an averaging over a few tens of shots.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- OSTI ID:
- 1260498
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-686306; RSINAK
- Journal Information:
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 85, Issue 11; ISSN 0034-6748
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Web of Science
Nanosecond formation of diamond and lonsdaleite by shock compression of graphite
|
journal | March 2016 |
High-pressure chemistry of hydrocarbons relevant to planetary interiors and inertial confinement fusion
|
journal | May 2018 |
A sensitive EUV Schwarzschild microscope for plasma studies with sub-micrometer resolution
|
text | January 2018 |
A sensitive EUV Schwarzschild microscope for plasma studies with sub-micrometer resolution
|
journal | February 2018 |
Observation of Ultrafast Solid-Density Plasma Dynamics Using Femtosecond X-Ray Pulses from a Free-Electron Laser
|
journal | September 2018 |
Similar Records
Development of a Platform at the Matter in Extreme Conditions End Station for Characterization of Matter Heated by Intense Laser-Accelerated Protons
Measurement of Short-Range Correlations in Shock-Compressed Plastic by Short-Pulse X-Ray Scattering