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Investigation of Early Plasma Evolution Induced by Ultrashort Laser Pulses
Published on: July 2, 2012
Observation of laser driven supercritical radiative shock precursors
S Bouquet1, C Stéhlé, M Koenig
1Département de Physique Théorique et Appliquée, CEA-DIF, BP 12, 91680 Bruyères-le-Châtel, France.
Abstract:
We present a supercritical radiative shock experiment performed with the LULI nanosecond laser facility. Using targets filled with xenon gas at low pressure, the propagation of a strong shock with a radiative precursor is evidenced. The main measured shock quantities (electronic density and propagation velocity) are shown to be in good agreement with theory and numerical simulations.
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