Towards Model-free Temperature Diagnostics of Warm Dense Matter from Multiple Scattering Angles
Abstract
Warm dense matter (WDM) plays an important role in astrophysical objects and technological applications, but the rigorous diagnostics of corresponding experiments is notoriously difficult. In this work, we present a model-free analysis of x-ray Thomson scattering (XRTS) measurements at multiple scattering angles. Specifically, we analyze scattering data that have been collected for isochorically heated graphite at the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS). Overall, we find good consistency in the extracted temperature between small and large scattering angles, whereas possible signatures of non-equilibrium may be hidden by the source function, and by the available dynamic spectral range. The present proof-of-principle study directly points to improved experimental set-ups for equation-of-state measurements and for the model-free study of relaxation times.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2411.06830,
title = {Towards Model-free Temperature Diagnostics of Warm Dense Matter from Multiple Scattering Angles},
author = {Hannah M. Bellenbaum and Benjamin Bachmann and Dominik Kraus and Thomas Gawne and Maximilian P. Böhme and Tilo Döppner and Luke B. Fletcher and Michael J. MacDonald and Zhandos A. Moldabekov and Thomas R. Preston and Jan Vorberger and Tobias Dornheim},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.06830},
year = {2024}
}