Crystal plasticity finite element simulation of lattice rotation and x-ray diffraction during laser shock-compression of Tantalum

P. Avraam, D. McGonegle, P. G. Heighway +7

Wehrenberg et. al. [Nature 550 496 (2017)] used ultrafast in situ x-ray diffraction at the LCLS x-ray free-electron laser facility to measure large lattice rotations resulting from…