Isochoric heating into the warm dense matter regime by laser-solid produced K-(alpha) x-rays
The study of matter at near solid density and at temperatures of 1-10 eV is a great challenge to both experimentalists and theorists, because such matter exhibits internal energy density which is very high but insufficient to overpower the inter-atomic potentials. This form of matter, intermediate to condensed matter and plasmas, exists in many astrophysical systems. In this paper, we describe an experimental program to study solid-density matter heated to temperatures near 1 eV per atom with ultrafast pulses of x-rays. An intense, ultra-short laser pulse incident upon a thin foil produces a burst of K-{alpha} x-rays, which are used to flash heat an adjacent bulk sample. Optical interferometric probing of the sample with sub-ps time resolution allows us to measure its expansion into vacuum upon heating. K-{alpha} source target properties are optimized for irradiation of the adjacent sample. Initial results on K-{alpha} yields and heating of Al foils will be discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 15020302
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-CONF-201669; TRN: US200519%%357
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Presented at: APS division of plasma physics 45th annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM, United States, Oct 27 - Oct 31, 2003
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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