Measurement of Radiative Shock Properties by X-Ray Thomson Scattering | Zendy

A. J. Visco | Zendy; R. P. Drake | Zendy; S. H. Glenzer | Zendy; T. Döppner | Zendy; G. Gregori | Zendy; D. H. Froula | Zendy; Michael Grosskopf | Zendy

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Measurement of Radiative Shock Properties by X-Ray Thomson Scattering

Author(s) -

A. J. Visco,

R. P. Drake,

S. H. Glenzer,

T. Döppner,

G. Gregori,

D. H. Froula,

Michael Grosskopf

Publication year - 2012

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.108.145001

Subject(s) - thomson scattering , radiative transfer , shock (circulatory) , physics , scattering , x ray , computational physics , atomic physics , nuclear physics , optics , medicine

X-ray Thomson scattering has enabled us to measure the temperature of a shocked layer, produced in the laboratory, that is relevant to shocks emerging from supernovas. High energy lasers are used to create a shock in argon gas which is probed by x-ray scattering. The scattered, inelastic Compton feature allows inference of the electron temperature. It is measured to be 34 eV in the radiative precursor and ∼60eV near the shock. Comparison of energy fluxes implied by the data demonstrates that the shock wave is strongly radiative. © 2012 American Physical Society

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