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author White, Thomas G.
Poole, Hannah
McBride, Emma E.
Oliver, Matthew
Descamps, Adrien
Fletcher, Luke B.
Angermeier, W. Alex
Allen, Cameron H.
Appel, Karen
Condamine, Florian P.
Curry, Chandra B.
Dallari, Francesco
Funk, Stefan
Galtier, Eric
Gamboa, Eliseo J.
Gauthier, Maxence
Graham, Peter
Goede, Sebastian
Haden, Daniel
Kim, Jongjin B.
Lee, Hae Ja
Ofori-Okai, Benjamin K.
Richardson, Scott
Rigby, Alex
Schoenwaelder, Christopher
Sun, Peihao
Witte, Bastian L.
Tschentscher, Thomas
Zastrau, Ulf
Nagler, Bob
Hastings, J. B.
Monaco, Giulio
Gericke, Dirk O.
Glenzer, Siegfried H.
Gregori, Gianluca
author_facet White, Thomas G.
Poole, Hannah
McBride, Emma E.
Oliver, Matthew
Descamps, Adrien
Fletcher, Luke B.
Angermeier, W. Alex
Allen, Cameron H.
Appel, Karen
Condamine, Florian P.
Curry, Chandra B.
Dallari, Francesco
Funk, Stefan
Galtier, Eric
Gamboa, Eliseo J.
Gauthier, Maxence
Graham, Peter
Goede, Sebastian
Haden, Daniel
Kim, Jongjin B.
Lee, Hae Ja
Ofori-Okai, Benjamin K.
Richardson, Scott
Rigby, Alex
Schoenwaelder, Christopher
Sun, Peihao
Witte, Bastian L.
Tschentscher, Thomas
Zastrau, Ulf
Nagler, Bob
Hastings, J. B.
Monaco, Giulio
Gericke, Dirk O.
Glenzer, Siegfried H.
Gregori, Gianluca
contents We present direct observations of acoustic waves in warm dense matter. We analyze wave-number- and energy-resolved x-ray spectra taken from warm dense methane created by laser heating a cryogenic liquid jet. X-ray diffraction and inelastic free-electron scattering yield sample conditions of 0.3$\pm$0.1 eV and 0.8$\pm$0.1 g/cm$^3$, corresponding to a pressure of $\sim$13 GPa. Inelastic x-ray scattering was used to observe the collective oscillations of the ions. With a highly improved energy resolution of $\sim$50 meV, we could clearly distinguish the Brillouin peaks from the quasielastic Rayleigh feature. Data at different wave numbers were utilized to derive a sound speed of 5.9$\pm$0.5 km/s, marking a high-temperature data point for methane and demonstrating consistency with Birch's law in this parameter regime.
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spellingShingle Speed of sound in methane under conditions of planetary interiors
White, Thomas G.
Poole, Hannah
McBride, Emma E.
Oliver, Matthew
Descamps, Adrien
Fletcher, Luke B.
Angermeier, W. Alex
Allen, Cameron H.
Appel, Karen
Condamine, Florian P.
Curry, Chandra B.
Dallari, Francesco
Funk, Stefan
Galtier, Eric
Gamboa, Eliseo J.
Gauthier, Maxence
Graham, Peter
Goede, Sebastian
Haden, Daniel
Kim, Jongjin B.
Lee, Hae Ja
Ofori-Okai, Benjamin K.
Richardson, Scott
Rigby, Alex
Schoenwaelder, Christopher
Sun, Peihao
Witte, Bastian L.
Tschentscher, Thomas
Zastrau, Ulf
Nagler, Bob
Hastings, J. B.
Monaco, Giulio
Gericke, Dirk O.
Glenzer, Siegfried H.
Gregori, Gianluca
Plasma Physics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
We present direct observations of acoustic waves in warm dense matter. We analyze wave-number- and energy-resolved x-ray spectra taken from warm dense methane created by laser heating a cryogenic liquid jet. X-ray diffraction and inelastic free-electron scattering yield sample conditions of 0.3$\pm$0.1 eV and 0.8$\pm$0.1 g/cm$^3$, corresponding to a pressure of $\sim$13 GPa. Inelastic x-ray scattering was used to observe the collective oscillations of the ions. With a highly improved energy resolution of $\sim$50 meV, we could clearly distinguish the Brillouin peaks from the quasielastic Rayleigh feature. Data at different wave numbers were utilized to derive a sound speed of 5.9$\pm$0.5 km/s, marking a high-temperature data point for methane and demonstrating consistency with Birch's law in this parameter regime.
title Speed of sound in methane under conditions of planetary interiors
topic Plasma Physics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.07774