Laboratory astroparticle physics

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Complex multiscale flows associated with instabilities and turbulence are commonly induced under High Energy Density (HED) conditions, but accurate measurement of their transport properties has been challenging. X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy (XPCS) with coherent X-ray sources can, in principle, probe material dynamics to infer transport properties using time autocorrelation of density fluctuations. Here we develop a theoretical framework for utilizing XPCS to study material diffusivity in multiscale flows. We extend single-scale shear flow theories to broadband flows using a multiscale analysis that captures shear and diffusion dynamics. Our theory is validated with simulated XPCS for Brownian particles advected in multiscale flows. We demonstrate the versatility of the method over several orders of magnitude in timescale using sequential-pulse XPCS, single-pulse X-ray Speckle Visibility Spectroscopy (XSVS), and double-pulse XSVS.

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We extract electron transport properties from atomistic simulations of a two-component plasma by mapping the long-wavelength behavior to a two-fluid model. The mapping procedure is performed via Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling over multiple spectra simultaneously. The free-electron dynamic structure factor and its properties have been investigated in the hydrodynamic formulation to justify its application to the long-wavelength behavior of warm dense matter. We have applied this method to warm dense hydrogen modeled with wave packet molecular dynamics and showed that the inferred electron transport properties are in agreement with a variety of reference calculations, except for the electron viscosity, where a substantive decrease is observed when compared to classical models.

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<jats:p>We present new exclusion bounds obtained at the European X-Ray Free Electron Laser facility (EuXFEL) on axionlike particles in the mass range <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><a:mrow><a:msup><a:mrow><a:mn>10</a:mn></a:mrow><a:mrow><a:mo>−</a:mo><a:mn>3</a:mn></a:mrow></a:msup><a:mtext> </a:mtext><a:mtext> </a:mtext><a:mrow><a:mi>eV</a:mi></a:mrow><a:mo>≲</a:mo><a:msub><a:mrow><a:mi>m</a:mi></a:mrow><a:mrow><a:mi>a</a:mi></a:mrow></a:msub><a:mo>≲</a:mo><a:msup><a:mrow><a:mn>10</a:mn></a:mrow><a:mrow><a:mn>4</a:mn></a:mrow></a:msup><a:mtext> </a:mtext><a:mtext> </a:mtext><a:mi>eV</a:mi></a:mrow></a:math>. Our experiment exploits the Primakoff effect via which photons can, in the presence of a strong external electric field, decay into axions, which then convert back into photons after passing through an opaque wall. While similar searches have been performed previously at a third-generation synchrotron [Yamaji , ], our work demonstrates improved sensitivity, exploiting the higher brightness of x-rays at EuXFEL.</jats:p> <jats:sec> <jats:title/> <jats:supplementary-material> <jats:permissions> <jats:copyright-statement>Published by the American Physical Society</jats:copyright-statement> <jats:copyright-year>2025</jats:copyright-year> </jats:permissions> </jats:supplementary-material> </jats:sec>