Observation of a Hydrodynamically Driven, Radiative Precursor Shock

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Oct 2001

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American Physical Society, 43rd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics October 29 - November 2, 2001 Long Beach, C

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Many astrophysical systems, such as supernova remnants and jets, produce radiative-precursor shock waves. In a radiative-precursor shock, radiation from the shock ionizes and heats the medium ahead of it. The simulation of such systems requires that one treat both the emission and the absorption of the radiation. An important goal of this effort is to produce an experiment that can be modeled by astrophysical codes without implementing laser absorption physics into an astrophysical code. We report here the first measurements of a radiative-precursor shock in such an experiment. The experimental design is based on a past experiment[1,2] that used the Nova laser facility to simulate young supernova remnants. The target consists of a 60 νm CH plastic plug followed by a 150 νm vacuum gap and 2 mm of SiO2 aerogel foam. For the experiment, the density of the components and the laser-irradiation conditions are chosen so that the driven shock will produce an observable radiative precursor. We observed the radiative-precursor by using absorption spectroscopy. By backlighting the silicate aerogel foam with a thulium backlighter, we were able to observe both the 1s-2p and 1s-3p lines. These observations will allow us to determine the temperature profile in the precursor. 1. R.P. Drake, et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 2068 (1998). 2. R.P. Drake, et al., Phys. Plasmas, 7, 2142 (2000) Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy both directly and through the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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