Observations of Plasmons in Warm Dense Matter
Author(s) -
S. H. Glenzer,
O. L. Landen,
P. Neumayer,
R. W. Lee,
K. Widmann,
S. W. Pollaine,
R. J. Wallace,
G. Gregori,
A. Höll,
Th. Bornath,
R. Thiele,
V. Schwarz,
W. D. Kraeft,
R. Redmer
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.98.065002
Subject(s) - plasmon , warm dense matter , beryllium , physics , quasiparticle , scattering , spectral line , compressibility , electron density , thomson scattering , plasma , electron , dense matter , atomic physics , state of matter , materials science , condensed matter physics , optics , nuclear physics , astrophysics , quantum mechanics , superconductivity , thermodynamics , neutron star
We present the first collective x-ray scattering measurements of plasmons in solid-density plasmas. The forward scattering spectra of a laser-produced narrow-band x-ray line from isochorically heated beryllium show that the plasmon frequency is a sensitive measure of the electron density. Dynamic structure calculations that include collisions and detailed balance match the measured plasmon spectrum indicating that this technique will enable new applications to determine the equation of state and compressibility of dense matter
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