Laboratory Simulations of Supernova Shockwave Propagation

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Jul 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005ap%26ss.298...61h&link_type=abstract

Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 298, Issue 1-2, pp. 61-67

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Shock, Radiative, Super Critical, Interstellar Matter, Xenon, Taylor, Sedov, Barenblatt, Mach

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Supernovae launch spherical shocks into the circumstellar medium (CSM). These shocks have high Mach numbers and may be radiative. We have created similar shocks in the laboratory by focusing laser pulses onto the tip of a solid pin surrounded by ambient gas; ablated material from the pin rapidly expands and launches a shock through the surrounding gas. Laser pulses were typically 5 ns in duration with ablative energies ranging from 1 150 J. Shocks in ambient gas pressures of ~1 kPa were observed at spatial scales of up to 5 cm using optical cameras with schlieren. Emission spectroscopy data were obtained to infer electron temperatures (< 10 eV).

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