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Opacity measurements in warm dense matter (WDM) provide a valuable benchmark for the diverging theoretical models in this regime. Heating of thin foils with intense heavy-ion beams allows one to create isolated samples of warm dense matter suitable for experimental determination of frequency-dependent opacities. A prerequisite for the measurements is the isothermal expansion of the heated foil. Hydrodynamic simulations predict that this condition is fulfilled. The analysis shows that existing ion-beam accelerators are capable to contribute to this field of research.
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Tauschwitz, A., Novikov, V.G., Tauschwitz, A. et al. Intense ion beams as a tool for opacity measurements in warm dense matter. Appl. Phys. B 95, 13–16 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-009-3444-9
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