Measurement of carbon ionization balance in high-temperature plasma mixtures by temporally resolved X-ray scattering

Journal article

We have measured carbon ionization balance in a multi-component plasma in the high-temperature, up to fully ionized, regime by spectrally resolved X-ray scattering. In particular, the measurements have been performed in an underdense (ne ≈ 1021 cm-3) 0.35- μm laser-produced plasma, containing a mixture of C, H with Al and Ar impurities, by using time-resolved back-scattered spectra from a 9.0 keV Zn He-α X-ray probe detected with a high-efficiency graphite Bragg crystal coupled to a framing camera. Measured values for the plasma temperature and carbon ionization state as well as impurity concentrations were obtained by fitting the Doppler-broadened and Compton-shifted scattered spectra at various times after the plasma heating with a modified X-ray form factor that includes the full effects of cross-correlation between different species. These data test collisional-radiative and radiation hydrodynamics modeling from cold (Te ≲ 5 eV) to fully ionized carbon (Te ∼ 280 eV).

Authors: Gregori, G; Glenzer, S; Chung, H; Froula, D; Lee, R

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY and RADIATIVE TRANSFER
• Volume: 99
• Issue: 1-3
• Pages: 225-237
• Publication date: 2006-01-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2005.05.017
• ISSN: 0022-4073
• Language: English
• Keywords: equation of state; laser-produced plasmas; X-ray scattering