title: Temperature measurements of shock compressed liquid deuterium up to 230 GPa.
abstract: Pyrometric measurements of single-shock-compressed liquid deuterium reveal that shock front temperatures T increase from 0.47 to 4.4 eV as the pressure P increases from 31 to 230 GPa. Where deuterium becomes both conducting and highly compressible, 30< or =P< or =50 GPa, T is lower than most models predict and T<<T(Fermi), proving that deuterium is a degenerate Fermi-liquid metal. At P>50 Gpa, where the optical reflectivity is saturated, there is an increase in the rate that T increases with P.
authors.affiliation: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551, USA.
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authors.lastname: Collins
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authors.lastname: Celliers
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authors.lastname: Da Silva
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