基于X射线荧光光谱的温稠密物质离化分布实验方法研究

受温度及密度等环境效应影响,温稠密物质的电子结构发生显著变化,其理论描述非常复杂,精密实验测量亦极其困难.本文发展了基于X射线荧光光谱研究温稠密物质离化分布的实验方法,结合理论研究有助于深入理解温稠密物质的电子结构变化.在万焦耳激光装置上,设计特殊构型黑腔复合加载产生数十eV、近固体密度的稠密Ti物质,利用激光辐照V产生的热发射线泵浦Ti的荧光,并采用晶体谱仪诊断样品的X射线荧光光谱.实验中获得冷样品和加载样品的荧光光谱,观测到加载样品K_α及K_β荧光谱线相对于冷样品光谱在高能侧的显著变化,结合理论计算解释了加载样品荧光谱线的变化主要来源于其温度上升后离化分布的改变,建立了基于X射线荧光光谱的温稠密物质离化分布实验研究能力.     

X射线汤姆孙散射在温稠密物质研究中的应用

温稠密物质(warm dense matter,WDM)是近年来兴起的一个前沿研究领域,它处于传统的凝聚态与等离子体状态之间的过渡状态.此状态下的物质广泛存在于宇宙和实验室中,如巨行星的内核、惯性约束聚变的内爆燃料等.然而人们对温稠密物质又是陌生的,因为传统的凝聚态和等离子体物理的理论和实验方法难以用于研究这样的物质状态.近几年,随着高功率激光装置以及诊断技术的发展,人们发展出X射线汤姆孙散射方法,对温稠密态物质开展了深入的研究,获得了重要的实验结果.     

温稠密氦的状态方程、热输运性质和辐射不透明度的理论研究

温稠密状态下氦元素广泛存在于核聚变内爆过程和宇宙星体中,其热力学性质和辐射输运参数等物质特性在聚变实验设计和星体结构演化研究中起着至关重要的作用.本文采用充分考虑温稠密物质中电子离子碰撞物理效应的量子郎之万分子动力学方法,通过模拟宽广温度密度区域氦离子和电子的响应特性,构建了温度在10-60 kK,密度为1-24 g/cm~3范围内温稠密氦的状态方程数据库和电子热导率数据库,并计算了该温度密度下温稠密氦的辐射不透明度.本文的计算结果可以为聚变物理研究和很多基本天体物理问题建模提供必要的输入参数.     

温稠密物质中不同价态离子分布对X-射线弹性散射光谱计算的影响

在天体物理和惯性约束聚变研究中涉及到的温稠密物质通常包含多种元素的混合,并且每种元素还被电离成多种离子价态,不同价态离子结构及其丰度将直接影响温稠密物质的诊断及其物理性质.同时,从电子结构计算出发来研究宏观物理性质时,还需要考虑温度、密度效应对离子结构的影响.本文从不同价态离子的电子结构计算出发,采用考虑了离子间相互作用的Saha方程获得了稠密环境下的离子丰度,并使用超网链(hypernetted-chain)近似对铝、金以及碳-氢混合物的径向分布函数进行了计算,结合离子周围电子的密度分布,最后获得X-射线汤姆逊散射的弹性散射谱.在X-射线散射谱计算中,计算了温稠密物质中同时存在不同离子价态时的电子结构和径向分布函数,发现在相同的等离子体环境下不同价态离子的径向分布函数和电子结构差别较大.这将对依赖于微观统计过程的物理性质,比如散射光谱,将产生较大的影响.     

Au激光等离子体的双电子复合速率系数

基于准相对论多组态HartreeFock理论和扭曲波近似,采用组态平均的方法,从头计算了类铁金离子类镓金离子的双电子复合速率系数,计算中包含了大量稠密的自电离能级,由于宽广的自电离能级分布和极其复杂的级联效应,造成高Z材料Au的双电子复合速率系数不同于低Z元素的特征,与现有文献的类镍金离子比较,结果表明,在“神光Ⅱ”实验装置诊断的电子温度约为2keV,电子密度约为6×1021cm-3,Au激光等离子体不同理论之间的双电子复合速率系数误差不到10%.这对于使用超组态碰撞辐射模型模拟Au的激光等离子体M带细致 关键词： 双电子复合 类铁金离子类镓金离子 复合速率系数     

高温稠密等离子体电子离子直接碰撞电离截面的理论研究

在高温稠密等离子体内，由于电子的热运动，产生了各种电子一离子碰撞过程，其中电子-离子直接碰撞电离就是一种很重要的物理过程。电子离子碰撞调节了等离子体内电子的布局数，使之从非平衡走向平衡。电子-离子的碰撞激发、离化导致电子在能级之间发生跃迁，影响能级的寿命，导致能级增宽，因而使谱线变宽，这种效应对研究等离子体辐射不透明度DTA(Detailed Term Accounting)模型具有重要的意义。     

强粒子束产生温稠密物质热力学状态估计

基于能量平衡原理,结合SRIM统计方法,以铝靶为例,对重离子束和强电子束产生高温高密度物质所需的束流参数进行估计,分析各自产生温稠密物质的优缺点。结果显示,从电子辐射能损和束流利用观点来看,1~10MeV电子束产生温稠密物质具有较好的均匀性和较高的利用率;而重离子束加载可以获得较宽区域的温稠密物质。     

分子对飞秒激光场响应的含时密度泛函理论研究

采用含时密度泛函理论方法研究线性分子碳化锂（Li2C2）对飞秒激光场响应的电子-离子动力学行为。在典型的近共振和非共振的激光频率作用下,分别对比分析了分子的共振和非共振电离过程。研究发现：分子在共振频率激光场的作用下发生更强的电离过程,并倾向于发生库伦爆炸,键长的振荡断裂与电离相互促进影响,而分子在较弱的激光场作用下发生单光子电离过程;随着双脉冲时间间隔的增加,离化电子数在一定范围内呈振荡上升趋势,随后趋于常数。     

分子对飞秒激光场响应的含时密度泛函理论研究

采用含时密度泛函理论方法研究线性分子碳化锂(Li2C2)对飞秒激光场响应的电子-离子动力学行为.在典型的近共振和非共振的激光频率作用下,分别对比分析了分子的共振和非共振电离过程.研究发现:分子在共振频率激光场的作用下发生更强的电离过程,并倾向于发生库伦爆炸,键长的振荡断裂与电离相互促进影响,而分子在较弱的激光场作用下发生单光子电离过程;随着双脉冲时间间隔的增加,离化电子数在一定范围内呈振荡上升趋势,随后趋于常数.     

激光金等离子体的电子离子碰撞电离速率系数

电子离子碰撞电离过程在超组态碰撞辐射(SCROLL)模型中真实模拟非局域热动力学平衡(non-LTE)高Z材料Au激光等离子体M带谱5f-3d跃迁中各种复杂离子的电离态特性,诸如离子的平均电离度和电荷态分布是一个主要过程.基于准相对论扭曲波玻恩交换近似,采用组态平均的方法,从头计算了金M带类铁金离子-类锗金离子的电子离子碰撞电离速率系数,其中电离截面的高能行为由Bethe系数决定.结果表明:在"神光Ⅱ"实验装置诊断的电子温度～2keV,电子密度～6×1021cm-3范围内,这些参数有利于使用超组态碰撞辐射模型拟Au的激光等离子体M带细致谱5f-3d跃迁的平均电离度和电荷态分布.     

Quantum molecular dynamics simulations for the nonmetal-to-metal transition in fluid helium

We have performed quantum molecular dynamics simulations for dense helium to study the nonmetal-to-metal transition at high pressures. We present new results for the equation of state and the Hugoniot curve in the warm dense matter region. The optical conductivity is calculated via the Kubo-Greenwood formula from which the dc conductivity is derived. The nonmetal-to-metal transition is identified at about 1 g/cm(3). We compare with experimental results as well as with other theoretical approaches, especially with predictions of chemical models.     

Intense ion beams as a tool for opacity measurements in warm dense matter

Opacity measurements in warm dense matter (WDM) provide a valuable benchmark for the diverging theoretical models in this regime. Heating of thin foils with intense heavy-ion beams allows one to create isolated samples of warm dense matter suitable for experimental determination of frequency-dependent opacities. A prerequisite for the measurements is the isothermal expansion of the heated foil. Hydrodynamic simulations predict that this condition is fulfilled. The analysis shows that existing ion-beam accelerators are capable to contribute to this field of research.     

Aluminum equation-of-state data in the warm dense matter regime

Isochore measurements were performed in the warm dense matter regime. Pressure and internal energy variation of aluminum plasma (density 0.1 g/cm(3) and 0.3 g/cm(3)) are measured using a homogeneous and thermally equilibrated media produced inside an isochoric plasma closed vessel in the internal energy range 20-50 MJ/kg. These data are compared to detailed calculations obtained from ab initio quantum molecular dynamics, average atom model within the framework of the density functional theory, and standard theories. A dispersion between theoretical isochore equation of state is found in the studied experimental thermodynamic regime.     

温稠密参数下的双流不稳定性分析

温稠密物质状态是惯性约束聚变过程及天体演化过程中的重要物质发展阶段。随着密度的增加,量子效应逐渐显现并导致包括温稠密参数下集体激发行为与经典等离子体模型之间出现差异。密度泛函动理学方法是基于含时密度泛函理论建立的统计模型,并依据Wigner分布函数(相空间量子力学)发展的动理学输运方法,可以有效弥补经典等离子体理论对量子效应的忽略。基于密度泛函动理学方法,发现温稠密特征参数内费米狄拉克分布、交换关联效应、量子衍射效应等性质都对双流不稳定性起到抑制作用。密度泛函动理学方法有望为等离子体视角研究温稠密系统输运性质提供第一性的理论平台。     

Pressure and Electrical Resistivity Measurements on Hot Expanded Metals: Comparisons with Quantum Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Average‐Atom Approaches

We present experimental results on pressures and resistivities of expanded nickel and titanium at respective densities of 0.1 g/cm³ and 0.2 g/cm³, and in a range of temperature of 1‐3 eV that corresponds to the warm dense matter (WDM) regime. These data are used to benchmark different theoretical approaches. A comparison is presented between fully 3‐dimensional quantum molecular dynamics (QMD) methods, based on density functional theory, with average‐atom (AA) methods, that are essentially one dimensional. AA methods are used to identify interband transitions and photoionization thresholds. In this regime the evaluation of the thermodynamic properties as well as electrical properties is difficult due to the concurrence of density and thermal effects which directly drive the metal‐non‐metal transition. QMD simulations are also helpful to give a precise estimation of the temperature of experiments which is not directly accessible [1] (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

The strangeness of dense baryonic matter

Particle production in heavy-ion collisions is sensitive to the reaction dynamics and to the conditions inside the dense and hot fireball. In particular, experimental data on strangeness production at SIS energies, together with their theoretical interpretation based on microscopic transport theory,p permit to explore fundamental aspects of modern nuclear physics: the determination of the nuclear equation-of-state at high baryon densities and the properties of hadrons in dense nuclear matter. Experimental data and theoretical results will be reviewed.     

Ionization dynamics of dense matter generated by intense ultrashort X‐ray pulses

We investigate a pump‐probe X‐ray Thomson scattering (XRTS) experiment that might be carried out at a free electron laser facility to study warm‐to‐hot states of dense matter. Ultrashort and intense X‐ray pulses with different energies (1,560–1,830 eV) heat a 1 µm thick Al target isochorically and create homogeneous and uncompressed warm‐to‐hot states of dense matter. A second pulse with variable delay probes this heated state via XRTS. The X‐ray laser–target interaction is modelled within radiation‐hydrodynamic simulations applying the HELIOS‐CR code. The HELIOS‐CR results qualitatively agree with Monte‐Carlo simulations, where the laser pulse absorption is simulated based on a uniform random sequence of events. The electron feature in the simultaneously observed X‐ray scattering spectrum is a function of the degree of ionization and the target temperature. Therefore, the temporal evolution of the plasmon peak measures the ionization dynamics on ultra‐short time scales. The XRTS spectrum is calculated based on the Chihara formula utilizing the Born‐Mermin approximation for the free electron dynamic structure factor. The proposed experiment will reveal important details of the ionization dynamics on ultra‐short time scales as well as of the relaxation on ps time scales.     

Equation of state for warm dense lithium: A first principles investigation

The quantum molecular dynamics based on the density functional theory has been adopted to simulate the equation of state for the shock compressed lithium. In contrary to some earlier experimental measurement and theoretical simulation,there is not any evidence of the ‘kink' in the Hugoniot curve in our accurate simulation. Throughout the shock compression process, only a simple solid-to-liquid melting behavior is demonstrated, instead of complicated solid–solid phase transitions. Moreover, the x-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy has been predicted as a feasible way to diagnose the structural evolution of warm dense lithium in this density region.