title: Direct observation of strong coupling in a dense plasma.
abstract: We present differential x-ray scattering cross sections for a radiatively heated plasma showing overall consistency, in both form and absolute value, with theoretical simulations. In particular, the evolution of the plasma from a strongly coupled high density phase to a lower density weakly coupled phase is quite clearly shown in both experiment and simulation. The success of this experiment shows that x-ray scattering has the potential to become an extremely useful diagnostic technique for dense plasma physics.
authors.affiliation: School of Mathematics and Physics, The Queen's University of Belfast, University Road, United Kingdom. d.riley@qub.ac.uk
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authors.lastname: Riley
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authors.lastname: Weaver
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authors.lastname: McSherry
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authors.lastname: Dunne
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authors.lastname: Neely
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authors.lastname: Notley
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