Measuring Temperature in Extreme States

Laboratory Astrophysics and High Energy Density Physics at the University of Nevada, Reno

Our latest paper, published in Nature, reports the first direct measurements of ion temperature in a superheated solid. By combining ultrafast laser heating with meV-resolution inelastic X-ray scattering, we showed that gold can remain crystalline at more than 14 times its melting temperature, far beyond theoretical limits!

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