Flyer Target Acceleration and Energy Transfer at its Collision with Massive Targets
- Institute of Plasma Physics and Laser Microfusion, 23 Hery St., 00-908 Warsaw (Poland)
- P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of RAS, 53 Leninsky Ave., 119 991 Moscow (Russian Federation)
- PALS Research Center, AS CR, Na Slovance 3, 182 00 Prague 8 (Czech Republic)
- Czech Technical University in Prague, FNSPE, Brehova 7, 115 19 Prague 1 (Czech Republic)
- Warsaw University of Technology, ICS, 15/19 Nowowiejska St., 00-665 Warsaw (Poland)
Numerical modelling was aimed at simulation of successive events resulting from interaction of laser beam-single and double targets. It was performed by means of the 2D Lagrangian hydrodynamics code ATLANT-HE. This code is based on one-fluid and two-temperature model of plasma with electron and ion heat conductivity considerations. The code has an advanced treatment of laser light propagation and absorption. This numerical modelling corresponds to the experiment, which was carried out with the use of the PALS facility. Two types of planar solid targets, i.e. single massive Al slabs and double targets consisting of 6 {mu}m thick Al foil and Al slab were applied. The targets were irradiated by the iodine laser pulses of two wavelengths: 1.315 and 0.438 {mu}m. A pulse duration of 0.4 ns and a focal spot diameter of 250 {mu}m at a laser energy of 130 J were used. The numerical modelling allowed us to obtain a more detailed description of shock wave propagation and crater formation.
- OSTI ID:
- 20797924
- Journal Information:
- AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 812, Issue 1; Conference: PLASMA 2005: International conference on research and applications of plasmas; 3. German-Polish conference on plasma diagnostics for fusion and applications; 5. French-Polish seminar on thermal plasma in space and laboratory, Opole-Turawa (Poland), 6-9 Sep 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2168849; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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