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New inelastic X-ray scattering experiments have been performed in liquid lithium at two different temperatures: T=475 K (slightly above the melting point) and 600 K. Taking advantage of the absence of any kinematical restriction and…
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Beryllium is an ablator material in the inertial-confinement fusion and hypervelocity impact studies. The thermoelastic properties, structure factors, and optical properties of beryllium are important in these studies. In this paper, the…
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Inelastic X-ray scattering data have been collected for liquid sodium at T=390 K, i.e. slightly above the melting point. Owing to the very high instrumental resolution, pushed up to 1.5 meV, it has been possible to determine accurately the…
The dynamic structure factor, S(Q,E), of liquid lithium (T=475 K) has been determined by inelastic x-ray scattering (IXS) in the momentum transfer region (Q = 1.4-110 nm-1). These data allow to observe how, in a simple liquid, a phonon-like…