Ultrafast imaging of laser driven shock waves using betatron x-rays from a laser wakefield accelerator by Wood, JC, Chapman, DJ, Poder, K, Lopes, NC, Rutherford, ME, White, TG, Albert, F, Behm, KT, Booth, N, Bryant, JSJ, Foster, PS, Glenzer, S, Hill, E, Krushelnick, K, Najmudin, Z, Pollock, BB, Rose, S, Schumaker, W, Scott, RHH, Sherlock, M, Thomas, AGR, Zhao, Z, Eakins, DE, Mangles, SPD

“…This report details the first experiment to utilize betatron radiation to image a rapidly evolving phenomenon by using it to radiograph a laser driven shock wave in a silicon target. The spatial resolution of the image is comparable to what has been achieved in similar experiments at conventional synchrotron light sources. …”

Studying astrophysical collisionless shocks with counterstreaming plasmas from high power lasers by Park, H, Ryutov, D, Ross, J, Kugland, N, Glenzer, S, Plechaty, C, Pollaine, S, Remington, B, Spitkovsky, A, Gargate, L, Gregori, G, Bell, A, Murphy, C, Sakawa, Y, Kuramitsu, Y, Morita, T, Takabe, H, Froula, D, Fiksel, G, Miniati, F, Koenig, M, Ravasio, A, Pelka, A, Liang, E, Woolsey, N

“…Collisions of high Mach number flows occur frequently in astrophysics, and the resulting shock waves are responsible for the properties of many astrophysical phenomena, such as supernova remnants, Gamma Ray Bursts and jets from Active Galactic Nuclei. …”

Inferring the electron temperature and density of shocked liquid deuterium using inelastic X-ray scattering by Regan, S, Radha, P, Boehly, T, Doeppner, T, Falk, K, Glenzer, S, Goncharov, V, Gregori, G, Landen, O, McCrory, R, Meyerhofer, D, Neumayer, P, Sangster, T, Smalyuk, V

“…An experiment designed to launch laser-ablation-driven shock waves (10 to 70 Mbar) in a planar liquid-deuterium target on the OMEGA Laser System and to diagnose the shocked conditions using inelastic x-ray scattering is described. …”

Evolution of elastic x-ray scattering in laser-shocked warm dense lithium. by Kugland, N, Gregori, G, Bandyopadhyay, S, Brenner, C, Brown, C, Constantin, C, Glenzer, S, Khattak, F, Kritcher, A, Niemann, C, Otten, A, Pasley, J, Pelka, A, Roth, M, Spindloe, C, Riley, D

“…Li foils were heated and compressed using shock waves driven by 4-ns-long laser pulses. Separate 1-ns-long laser pulses were used to generate a bright source of 2.96 keV Cl Ly- alpha photons for x-ray scattering, and the spectrum of scattered photons was recorded at a scattering angle of 120 degrees using a highly oriented pyrolytic graphite crystal operated in the von Hamos geometry. …”

Measurement of radiative shock properties by x-ray Thomson scattering. by Visco, A, Drake, R, Glenzer, S, Döppner, T, Gregori, G, Froula, D, Grosskopf, M

“…Comparison of energy fluxes implied by the data demonstrates that the shock wave is strongly radiative.…”

Measurement of radiative shock properties by X-ray Thomson scattering by Visco, A, Drake, R, Glenzer, S, Döppner, T, Gregori, G, Froula, D, Grosskopf, M

“…Comparison of energy fluxes implied by the data demonstrates that the shock wave is strongly radiative. © 2012 American Physical Society.…”

Inelastic x-ray scattering from shocked liquid deuterium. by Regan, S, Falk, K, Gregori, G, Radha, P, Hu, S, Boehly, T, Crowley, B, Glenzer, S, Landen, O, Gericke, DO, Döppner, T, Meyerhofer, D, Murphy, C, Sangster, T, Vorberger, J

“…The Fermi-degenerate plasma conditions created in liquid deuterium by a laser-ablation-driven shock wave were probed with noncollective, spectrally resolved, inelastic x-ray Thomson scattering employing Cl Ly(α) line emission at 2.96 keV. …”

Comparison between x-ray scattering and velocity-interferometry measurements from shocked liquid deuterium by Falk, K, Regan, S, Vorberger, J, Crowley, B, Glenzer, S, Hu, S, Murphy, C, Radha, P, Jephcoat, A, Wark, J, Gericke, DO, Gregori, G

“…The Omega laser was used to drive a planar shock wave in the cryogenically cooled deuterium, creating warm dense matter conditions. …”

Comparison between x-ray scattering and velocity-interferometry measurements from shocked liquid deuterium. by Falk, K, Regan, S, Vorberger, J, Crowley, B, Glenzer, S, Hu, S, Murphy, C, Radha, P, Jephcoat, A, Wark, J, Gericke, DO, Gregori, G

“…The Omega laser was used to drive a planar shock wave in the cryogenically cooled deuterium, creating warm dense matter conditions. …”

Simultaneous 8.2 keV phase-contrast imaging and 24.6 keV X-ray diffraction from shock-compressed matter at the LCLS by Seiboth, F, Fletcher, L, McGonegle, D, Anzellini, S, Dresselhaus-Cooper, L, Frost, M, Galtier, E, Goede, S, Harmand, M, Lee, H, Levitan, A, Miyanishi, K, Nagler, B, Nam, I, Ozaki, N, Rodel, M, Schropp, A, Spindloe, C, Sun, P, Wark, J, Hastings, J, Glenzer, S, McBride, E

“…Simultaneous PCI from the 8.2 keV fundamental X-ray beam is used to visualize and measure the transient properties of the shock wave over a 500 μm field of view. Furthermore, we demonstrate the ability to extend the reciprocal space by 5˚A−1, relative to the fundamental X-ray energy, by utilizing X-ray diffraction from the 3rd harmonic of the LCLS.…”