Heat-release equation of state and thermal conductivity of warm dense carbon by proton differential heating.

Ping, Yuan; Whitley, Heather D; McKelvey, Andrew; Kemp, Gregory E; Sterne, Phillp A; Shepherd, Ronnie; Marinak, Marty; Hua, Rui et al. · Phys Rev E · 2019

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Warm dense carbon is generated at 0.3-2.0 g/cc and 1-7 eV by proton heating. The release equation of state (EOS) after heating and thermal conductivity of warm dense carbon are studied experimentally in this regime using a Au/C dual-layer target to initiate a temperature gradient and two picosecond time-resolved diagnostics to probe the surface expansion and heat flow. Comparison between the data and simulations using various EOSs and thermal conductivity models is quantified with a statistical χ^{2} analysis. Out of seven EOS tables and five thermal conductivity models, only L9061 with the Lee-More model provides a probability above 50% to match all data.