T. Dornheim, Z. Moldabekov, P. Tolias, M. Böhme, J. Vorberger
{"title":"Physical insights from imaginary-time density–density correlation functions","authors":"T. Dornheim, Z. Moldabekov, P. Tolias, M. Böhme, J. Vorberger","doi":"10.1063/5.0149638","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0149638","url":null,"abstract":"An accurate theoretical description of the dynamic properties of correlated quantum many-body systems, such as the dynamic structure factor S(q, ω), is important in many fields. Unfortunately, highly accurate quantum Monte Carlo methods are usually restricted to the imaginary time domain, and the analytic continuation of the imaginary-time density–density correlation function F(q, τ) to real frequencies is a notoriously hard problem. Here, it is argued that often no such analytic continuation is required because by definition, F(q, τ) contains the same physical information as does S(q, ω), only represented unfamiliarly. Specifically, it is shown how one can directly extract key information such as the temperature or quasi-particle excitation energies from the τ domain, which is highly relevant for equation-of-state measurements of matter under extreme conditions [T. Dornheim et al., Nat. Commun. 13, 7911 (2022)]. As a practical example, ab initio path-integral Monte Carlo results for the uniform electron gas (UEG) are considered, and it is shown that even nontrivial processes such as the roton feature of the UEG at low density [T. Dornheim et al., Commun. Phys. 5, 304 (2022)] are manifested straightforwardly in F(q, τ). A comprehensive overview is given of various useful properties of F(q, τ) and how it relates to the usual dynamic structure factor. In fact, working directly in the τ domain is advantageous for many reasons and opens up multiple avenues for future applications.","PeriodicalId":54221,"journal":{"name":"Matter and Radiation at Extremes","volume":"114 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80281190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Ruyer, P. Loiseau, G. Riazuelo, R. Riquier, A. Debayle, P. Masson-Laborde, O. Morice
{"title":"Accounting for speckle-scale beam bending in classical ray tracing schemes for propagating realistic pulses in indirect drive ignition conditions","authors":"C. Ruyer, P. Loiseau, G. Riazuelo, R. Riquier, A. Debayle, P. Masson-Laborde, O. Morice","doi":"10.1063/5.0124360","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0124360","url":null,"abstract":"We propose a semi-analytical modeling of smoothed laser beam deviation induced by plasma flows. Based on a Gaussian description of speckles, the model includes spatial, temporal, and polarization smoothing techniques, through fits coming from hydrodynamic simulations with a paraxial description of electromagnetic waves. This beam bending model is then incorporated into a ray tracing algorithm and carefully validated. When applied as a post-process to the propagation of the inner cone in a full-scale simulation of a National Ignition Facility (NIF) experiment, the beam bending along the path of the laser affects the refraction conditions inside the hohlraum and the energy deposition, and could explain some anomalous refraction measurements, namely, the so-called glint observed in some NIF experiments.","PeriodicalId":54221,"journal":{"name":"Matter and Radiation at Extremes","volume":"62 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74411560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corrigendum to: “Incompatibility of published ac magnetic susceptibility of a room temperature superconductor with measured raw data” [Matter Radiat. Extremes 7, 048401 (2022)]","authors":"J. Hirsch, D. van der Marel","doi":"10.1063/5.0108683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0108683","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54221,"journal":{"name":"Matter and Radiation at Extremes","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80911137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. F. J. Bacon, M. King, R. Wilson, T. P. Frazer, R. Gray, P. McKenna
{"title":"High order modes of intense second harmonic light produced from a plasma aperture","authors":"E. F. J. Bacon, M. King, R. Wilson, T. P. Frazer, R. Gray, P. McKenna","doi":"10.1063/5.0097585","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0097585","url":null,"abstract":"Because of their ability to sustain extremely high-amplitude electromagnetic fields and transient density and field profiles, plasma optical components are being developed to amplify, compress, and condition high-power laser pulses. We recently demonstrated the potential to use a relativistic plasma aperture—produced during the interaction of a high-power laser pulse with an ultrathin foil target—to tailor the spatiotemporal properties of the intense fundamental and second-harmonic light generated [Duff et al., Sci. Rep. 10, 105 (2020)]. Herein, we explore numerically the interaction of an intense laser pulse with a preformed aperture target to generate second-harmonic laser light with higher-order spatial modes. The maximum generation efficiency is found for an aperture diameter close to the full width at half maximum of the laser focus and for a micrometer-scale target thickness. The spatial mode generated is shown to depend strongly on the polarization of the drive laser pulse, which enables changing between a linearly polarized TEM01 mode and a circularly polarized Laguerre–Gaussian LG01 mode. This demonstrates the use of a plasma aperture to generate intense higher-frequency light with selectable spatial mode structure.","PeriodicalId":54221,"journal":{"name":"Matter and Radiation at Extremes","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81077689","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Juefei Wu, Wang Yue-Chao, Yu Liu, Bo Sun, Yanhong Zhao, Jiawei Xian, Xingyu Gao, Haifeng Liu, Haifeng Song
{"title":"First-principles study on the electronic structure transition of β-UH3 under high pressure","authors":"Juefei Wu, Wang Yue-Chao, Yu Liu, Bo Sun, Yanhong Zhao, Jiawei Xian, Xingyu Gao, Haifeng Liu, Haifeng Song","doi":"10.1063/5.0091969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0091969","url":null,"abstract":"We investigate the electronic properties of stable β-UH3 under high pressure up to 75 GPa within the first-principles DFT + U formalism with pressure-dependent U in a self-consistent calculation, and we find an electronic structure transition at about 20 GPa due to the quantum process of localization and itinerancy for partially filled uranium 5 f electrons. The electronic structure transition is examined from four perspectives: magnetization, band structure, density of states, and 5 f electron energy. On the basis of the density of states of 5 f electrons, we propose an order parameter, namely, the 5 f electron energy, to quantify the electronic structure transition under pressure. Analogously to the isostructural transition in 3 d systems, β-UH3 retains its magnetic order after the electronic structure transition; however, this is not accompanied by volume collapse at the transition point. Our calculation is helpful for understanding the electronic properties of β-UH3 under high pressure.","PeriodicalId":54221,"journal":{"name":"Matter and Radiation at Extremes","volume":"57 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90930221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dream fusion in octahedral spherical hohlraum","authors":"K. Lan","doi":"10.1063/5.0103362","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0103362","url":null,"abstract":"The octahedral spherical hohlraum provides an ideal and practical approach for indirect-drive toward a dream fusion with predictable and reproducible gain and opens a route to the development of a laser drive system for multiple laser fusion schemes. This paper addresses a number of issues that have arisen with regard to octahedral spherical hohlraums, such as how to naturally generate a highly symmetric radiation drive at all times and for all spectra without the use of symmetry tuning technology, how to determine the three-dimensional, temporal, and spectral characteristics of the real radiation drive on a capsule in experiments, and the relative energy efficiency of an octahedral spherical hohlraum compared with a cylindrical hohlraum. A design island for an octahedral spherical hohlraum is presented. Finally, the challenges and future tasks for the path forward are presented.","PeriodicalId":54221,"journal":{"name":"Matter and Radiation at Extremes","volume":"122 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89420472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Direct hydrogen quantification in high-pressure metal hydrides","authors":"T. Meier, D. Laniel, Florian Trybel","doi":"10.1063/5.0119159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0119159","url":null,"abstract":"High-pressure metal hydride (MH) research evolved into a thriving field within condensed matter physics following the realization of metallic compounds showing phonon mediated near room-temperature superconductivity. However, severe limitations in determining the chemical formula of the reaction products, especially with regards to their hydrogen content, impedes a deep understanding of the synthesized phases and can lead to significantly erroneous conclusions. Here, we present a way to directly access the hydrogen content of MH solids synthesized at high pressures in (laser-heated) diamond anvil cells using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. We show that this method can be used to investigate MH compounds with a wide range of hydrogen content, from MH x with x = 0.15 (CuH0.15) to x ≲ 6.4 (H6±0.4S5).","PeriodicalId":54221,"journal":{"name":"Matter and Radiation at Extremes","volume":"24 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2022-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79659264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Generation of synchronized x-rays and mid-infrared pulses by Doppler-shifting of relativistically intense radiation from near-critical-density plasmas","authors":"N. A. Mikheytsev, A. Korzhimanov","doi":"10.1063/5.0116660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0116660","url":null,"abstract":"It is shown that when relativistically intense ultrashort laser pulses are reflected from the boundary of a plasma with a near-critical density, the Doppler frequency shift leads to generation of intense radiation in both the high-frequency (up to the x-ray) and low-frequency (mid-infrared) ranges. The efficiency of energy conversion into the wavelength range above 3 µm can reach several percent, which makes it possible to obtain relativistically intense pulses in the mid-infrared range. These pulses are synchronized with high harmonics in the ultraviolet and x-ray ranges, which opens up opportunities for high-precision pump–probe measurements, in particular, laser-induced electron diffraction and transient absorption spectroscopy.","PeriodicalId":54221,"journal":{"name":"Matter and Radiation at Extremes","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74343557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bonding-unsaturation-dependent superconductivity in P-rich sulfides","authors":"Xing Li, Xiaohua Zhang, Yong Liu, Guochun Yang","doi":"10.1063/5.0098035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0098035","url":null,"abstract":"The covalent frameworks found in certain compounds, such as the S–H skeleton in H3S and the H cage in LaH10, play an essential role in their superconductivity. These compounds have the feature of bonding unsaturation (a deficiency of electrons in their covalent bonding) in common. Developing an understanding of the relationship between superconductivity and bonding unsaturation in these materials can provide new ideas for the design of superconducting materials. In this work, we explored the high-pressure phase diagram of binary P–S compounds using first-principles swarm structural calculations. In addition to the previously reported P2S and P3S structures, we identified that P5S, P8S, and P11S also have a common structural character of six-coordinated octahedral networks; however, their bonding unsaturation are distinct due to the different valence electron numbers and unequal ratios of P and S atoms. These features provide an ideal model for exploring the bonding-unsaturation dependence of superconductivity. We estimated the average bonding unsaturation of these P-rich compounds based on the valence electron numbers and the coordination numbers of the central P/S atoms. Interestingly, the resultant average bonding unsaturation was found to be proportional to the predicted superconducting transition temperature. This finding was also verified in MH9 (M = Y, Th, and Pr) and doped H3S (Si, C, and P) compounds. Our work provides an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of bonding-unsaturation-dependent superconductivity.","PeriodicalId":54221,"journal":{"name":"Matter and Radiation at Extremes","volume":"71 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85564848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Kroupp, S. Tata, Y. Wan, D. Levy, S. Smartsev, E. Levine, O. Seemann, M. Adelberg, R. Piliposian, T. Queller, E. Segre, K. Ta Phuoc, M. Kozlová, V. Malka
{"title":"Commissioning and first results from the new 2 × 100 TW laser at the WIS","authors":"E. Kroupp, S. Tata, Y. Wan, D. Levy, S. Smartsev, E. Levine, O. Seemann, M. Adelberg, R. Piliposian, T. Queller, E. Segre, K. Ta Phuoc, M. Kozlová, V. Malka","doi":"10.1063/5.0090514","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0090514","url":null,"abstract":"At the Weizmann Institute of Science, a new high-power-laser laboratory has been established that is dedicated to the fundamental aspects of laser–matter interaction in the relativistic regime and aimed at developing compact laser-plasma accelerators for delivering high-brightness beams of electrons, ions, and x rays. The HIGGINS laser system delivers two independent 100 TW beams and an additional probe beam, and this paper describes its commissioning and presents the very first results for particle and radiation beam delivery.","PeriodicalId":54221,"journal":{"name":"Matter and Radiation at Extremes","volume":"177 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75985731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}