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Title: Observation of extremely strong shock waves in solids launched by petawatt laser heating

Journal Article · · Physics of Plasmas
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5000064· OSTI ID:1398915
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  1. Univ. of York, York (United Kingdom)
  2. STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab., Oxon (United Kingdom)
  3. Univ. of York, York (United Kingdom); STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab., Oxon (United Kingdom)
  4. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  5. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
  6. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
  7. Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)
  8. Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau Cedex (France)
  9. Osaka Univ., Osaka (Japan)
  10. Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States)
  11. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
  12. European XFEL GmbH, Schenefeld (Germany)
  13. General Atomics, San Diego, CA (United States)
  14. STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab., Oxon (United Kingdom); Univ. of Oxford, Oxford (United Kingdom)

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396; FC52-08NA28302; W-7405-Eng-48; AC52-07NA27344
OSTI ID:
1398915
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1376973; OSTI ID: 1430974
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-16-27944; LLNL-JRNL-741084
Journal Information:
Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 24, Issue 8; ISSN 1070-664X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 6 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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Tracking ultrafast dynamics of intense shock generation and breakout at target rear journal November 2018
Nonlinear screening in moderate- Z hot dense matter journal May 2019

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