Measurement of the equation of state of solid-density copper heated with laser-accelerated protons.

Feldman, S; Dyer, G; Kuk, D; Ditmire, T · Phys Rev E · 2017

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We present equation of state (EOS) measurements of solid-density copper heated to 5-10 eV. A copper sample was heated isochorically by hydrogen ions accelerated from an adjacent foil by a high intensity pulsed laser, and probed optically. The measured temperature and expansion are compared against simulations using the most up-to-date wide range EOS tables available.