Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Apr 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000apjs..127..325g&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 127, Issue 2, pp. 325-331.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Hydrodynamics, Instabilities, Methods: Laboratory
Scientific paper
Large lasers such as Nova allow the possibility of achieving regimes of high-energy densities in plasmas of millimeter spatial scales and nanosecond timescales. In those plasmas where thermal conductivity and viscosity do not play a significant role, the hydrodynamic evolution is suitable for benchmarking hydrodynamics modeling in astrophysical codes. Several experiments on Nova examine hydrodynamically unstable interfaces. A typical Nova experiment uses a gold millimeter-scale hohlraum to convert the laser energy to a 200 eV blackbody source lasting about a nanosecond. The X-rays ablate a planar target, generating a series of shocks and accelerating the target. The evolving areal density is diagnosed by time-resolved radiography, using a second X-ray source. Data from several experiments are presented and diagnostic techniques are discussed.
Budil Kimberly S.
Cherfils C.
Drake Paul R.
Farley Daniel
Glendinning Gail S.
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