title: Evidence of short-range screening in shock-compressed aluminum plasma.
abstract: We have investigated the angular variation in elastic x-ray scattering from a dense, laser-shock-compressed aluminum foil. A comparison of the experiment with simulations using an embedded atom potential in a molecular dynamics simulation shows a significantly better agreement than simulations based on an unscreened one-component plasma model. These data illustrate, experimentally, the importance of screening for the dense plasma static structure factor.
authors.affiliation: School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: García Saiz
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gregori
authors.forename: F Y
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authors.lastname: Khattak
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kohanoff
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sahoo
authors.forename: G Shabbir
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authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bandyopadhyay
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authors.lastname: Notley
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authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Weber
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authors.lastname: Riley