{"id":3051,"date":"2024-11-29T21:29:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T21:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thomasgwhite.com\/?p=3051"},"modified":"2025-05-29T21:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T21:30:10","slug":"probing-the-hottest-matter-with-unprecedented-precision-at-european-xfel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomasgwhite.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/29\/probing-the-hottest-matter-with-unprecedented-precision-at-european-xfel\/","title":{"rendered":"Probing the Hottest Matter with Unprecedented Precision at European XFEL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"78\" data-end=\"642\">This past week, my collaborators and I wrapped up an exciting experiment at the European XFEL, where we used high-resolution meV inelastic X-ray scattering to measure temperatures inside matter heated to over 10,000 Kelvin. It\u2019s a major step forward in our ability to probe extreme states of matter with atomic-level detail. The team included researchers from SLAC, the European XFEL, the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, and the University of Oxford\u2014as well as some brilliant students and postdocs\u2014who all played a critical role in making the experiment a success.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"644\" data-end=\"1031\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The photo above was taken in the XFEL control room, where we spent long shifts fine-tuning diagnostics and capturing the dynamic behavior of ions in real time. These kinds of experiments are complex and intense, but also incredibly rewarding. There\u2019s a real sense of excitement when you see new physics unfolding live on the screen. Watch this space for the results!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past week, my collaborators and I wrapped up an exciting experiment at the European XFEL, where we used high-resolution meV inelastic X-ray scattering to measure temperatures inside matter heated to over 10,000 Kelvin. It\u2019s a major step forward in our ability to probe extreme states of matter with atomic-level detail. The team included researchers&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thomasgwhite.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/29\/probing-the-hottest-matter-with-unprecedented-precision-at-european-xfel\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3052,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomasgwhite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomasgwhite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomasgwhite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomasgwhite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomasgwhite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3051"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomasgwhite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3053,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomasgwhite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3051\/revisions\/3053"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomasgwhite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomasgwhite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomasgwhite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomasgwhite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}