Optical properties of compressed fluid hydrogen in the region where dissociation and metallization is observed are computed by ab initio methods and compared with recent experimen- tal results. We confirm that at T>3,000 K, both processes are continuous, while at T<1,500 K, the first-order phase transi- tion is accompanied by a discontinuity of the dc conductivity and the thermal conductivity, while both the reflectivity and absorption coefficient vary rapidly but continuously. Our results support the recent analysis of National Ignition Facility (NIF) experiments [Celliers PM, et al. (2018) Science 361:677–682], which assigned the inception of metallization to pressures where the reflectivity is ⇠0.3. Our results also support the conclusion that the temperature plateau seen in laser-heated diamond-anvil cell (DAC) experiments at temperatures higher than 1,500 K corre- sponds to the onset of optical absorption, not to the phase transition. hydrogen

Optical properties of high-pressure fluid hydrogen across molecular dissociation

Carlo Pierleoni
2019-01-01

Abstract

Optical properties of compressed fluid hydrogen in the region where dissociation and metallization is observed are computed by ab initio methods and compared with recent experimen- tal results. We confirm that at T>3,000 K, both processes are continuous, while at T<1,500 K, the first-order phase transi- tion is accompanied by a discontinuity of the dc conductivity and the thermal conductivity, while both the reflectivity and absorption coefficient vary rapidly but continuously. Our results support the recent analysis of National Ignition Facility (NIF) experiments [Celliers PM, et al. (2018) Science 361:677–682], which assigned the inception of metallization to pressures where the reflectivity is ⇠0.3. Our results also support the conclusion that the temperature plateau seen in laser-heated diamond-anvil cell (DAC) experiments at temperatures higher than 1,500 K corre- sponds to the onset of optical absorption, not to the phase transition. hydrogen
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