Physics
Scientific paper
Apr 2003
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American Physical Society, April Meeting, 2003, April 5-8, 2003 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, MEETING ID: APR03, abstract #H6.005
Physics
Scientific paper
Dense plasmas, a principal state of matter in inertial confinement fusion research and in planetary and stellar environments, can now be routinely created in the laboratory at diagnosable mm-scales by x-ray radiative heating provided by high power laser produced plasmas. We discuss two recent studies in such isochorically-heated plasmas, the first examining supersonic diffusive radiative transport in foam cylinders using spectrally and temporally-resolved soft x-ray imaging [1] and the second studying solid density plasma ionization balance [2] using spectrally resolved x-ray scattering [3]. The radiation transport data provides a measure of the dense plasma heat capacity and opacity for the various foam and wall materials tested. Moreover, data from more complex radiation flow geometries further constrain the radiation transport modelling. In the case of x-ray scattering measurements, by spectrally resolving both the Compton downshifted and Doppler broadened inelastic component and the Rayleigh scattered elastic component, we can infer both the plasma electron temperature and ratio of weakly bound and free electron fraction to tightly bound electron fraction in low Z samples. The results are compared to various dense plasma ionization balance models. [1] C.A. Back, et. al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 84 (2000) 274 and Phys. Plasmas 7 (2000 ) 2126. [2] S.H. Glenzer, et. al., submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. (2003). [3] O.L. Landen, et. al., J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Trans. 71 (2001) 465.
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