Plasmon scattering probing of electronic states in diamond at extreme conditions

S. H. Glenzer, L. B. Fletcher, H. J. Lee, M. J. MacDonald, 3 U. Zastrau, M. Gauthier, D. O. Gericke, J. Vorberger, E. Granados, J. B. Hastings, and E. J. Gamboa SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, MS 72, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, MS 72, Menlo Park, CA 94025 USA University of Michigan, 2455 Hayward St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA High-Energy Density Science Group, European XFEL, Albert-Einstein-Ring 19, 22761 Hamburg, Germany Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom Institute of Radiation Physics, Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V., 01328 Dresden, Germany (Dated: July 8, 2016)

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