<p>Heat transport across interfaces is a ubiquitous phenomenon with many unresolved aspects. In particular, it is unknown if an interfacial thermal resistance (ITR) occurs in matter with high-energy-density where free electrons dominate the heat conduction. Here, we report on the first experimental evidence that a significant heat barrier is present between two different regions of high-energy-density matter: a strongly heated tungsten wire and a surrounding plastic layer that stays relatively cold. We use diffraction-enhanced imaging to track the time evolution of density discontinuities and reconstruct the temperature evolution in the quasi-stationary stage. The clear signatures of a temperature jump demonstrate the importance of the ITR for strongly heated systems with far-reaching implications for interpreting experiments and applications like inertial confinement fusion.</p>

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Measurement of interfacial thermal resistance in high-energy-density matter

  • Cameron H. Allen,
  • Matthew Oliver,
  • Dirk O. Gericke,
  • Nils Brouwer,
  • Laurent Divol,
  • Gregory E. Kemp,
  • Otto L. Landen,
  • Landon Morrison,
  • Yuan Ping,
  • Markus O. Schölmerich,
  • Nathaniel Shaffer,
  • Christopher Spindloe,
  • Philip A. Sterne,
  • Wolfgang R. Theobald,
  • Tilo Döppner,
  • Thomas G. White

摘要

Heat transport across interfaces is a ubiquitous phenomenon with many unresolved aspects. In particular, it is unknown if an interfacial thermal resistance (ITR) occurs in matter with high-energy-density where free electrons dominate the heat conduction. Here, we report on the first experimental evidence that a significant heat barrier is present between two different regions of high-energy-density matter: a strongly heated tungsten wire and a surrounding plastic layer that stays relatively cold. We use diffraction-enhanced imaging to track the time evolution of density discontinuities and reconstruct the temperature evolution in the quasi-stationary stage. The clear signatures of a temperature jump demonstrate the importance of the ITR for strongly heated systems with far-reaching implications for interpreting experiments and applications like inertial confinement fusion.