Experimental astrophysics with high power lasers and Z pinches
Journal Article
·
· Reviews of Modern Physics
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94450 (United States)
With the advent of high-energy-density (HED) experimental facilities, such as high-energy lasers and fast Z-pinch, pulsed-power facilities, millimeter-scale quantities of matter can be placed in extreme states of density, temperature, and/or velocity. This has enabled the emergence of a new class of experimental science, HED laboratory astrophysics, wherein the properties of matter and the processes that occur under extreme astrophysical conditions can be examined in the laboratory. Areas particularly suitable to this class of experimental astrophysics include the study of opacities relevant to stellar interiors, equations of state relevant to planetary interiors, strong shock-driven nonlinear hydrodynamics and radiative dynamics relevant to supernova explosions and subsequent evolution, protostellar jets and high Mach number flows, radiatively driven molecular clouds and nonlinear photoevaporation front dynamics, and photoionized plasmas relevant to accretion disks around compact objects such as black holes and neutron stars.
- OSTI ID:
- 21013697
- Journal Information:
- Reviews of Modern Physics, Journal Name: Reviews of Modern Physics Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 78; ISSN 0034-6861; ISSN RMPHAT
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Experimental astrophysics with high power lasers and Z pinches
Frontier HED Science accessible on NIF
Laboratory Astrophysics on High Power Lasers and Pulsed Power Facilities
Journal Article
·
Thu Dec 09 23:00:00 EST 2004
· Reviews of Modern Physics
·
OSTI ID:936437
Frontier HED Science accessible on NIF
Conference
·
Mon Sep 24 00:00:00 EDT 2007
·
OSTI ID:922104
Laboratory Astrophysics on High Power Lasers and Pulsed Power Facilities
Conference
·
Mon Feb 04 23:00:00 EST 2002
·
OSTI ID:15002744