Measurements of the K -Shell Opacity of a Solid-Density Magnesium Plasma Heated by an X-Ray Free-Electron Laser

Preston, T. R.; Vinko, S. M.; Ciricosta, O.; Hollebon, P.; Chung, H. -K.; Dakovski, G. L.; Krzywinski, J.; Minitti, M.; Burian, T.; Chalupský, J.; Hájková, V.; Juha, L.; Vozda, V.; Zastrau, U.; Lee, R. W.; Wark, J. S.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.085001

Title: Measurements of the $K$ -Shell Opacity of a Solid-Density Magnesium Plasma Heated by an X-Ray Free-Electron Laser

Journal Article · Fri Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.085001· OSTI ID:1390602

Preston, T. R. ^[1]; Vinko, S. M. ^[1]; Ciricosta, O. ^[1]; Hollebon, P. ^[1]; Chung, H. -K. ^[2]; Dakovski, G. L. ^[3]; Krzywinski, J. ^[3]; Minitti, M. ^[3]; Burian, T. ^[4]; Chalupský, J. ^[4]; Hájková, V. ^[4]; Juha, L. ^[4]; Vozda, V. ^[4]; Zastrau, U. ^[5]; Lee, R. W. ^[6]; Wark, J. S. ^[1]

Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
Intl Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna (Austria)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASCR), Prague (Czech Republic). Inst. of Physics
European X-ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL), Schenefeld (Germany)
Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

We present measurements of the spectrally resolved x rays emitted from solid-density magnesium targets of varying sub-μm thicknesses isochorically heated by an x-ray laser. The data exhibit a largely thickness independent source function, allowing the extraction of a measure of the opacity to K-shell x rays within well-defined regimes of electron density and temperature, extremely close to local thermodynamic equilibrium conditions. The deduced opacities at the peak of the Kα transitions of the ions are consistent with those predicted by detailed atomic-kinetics calculations.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; EP/L000849/1; EP/H035877/1; EP/P015794/1; 17-05076S; 17-05167S

OSTI ID:: 1390602

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1376934

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 119, Issue 8; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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