Modeling radiative-shocks created by laser–cluster interactions

Scott, R. H.  H.; Booth, N.; Hawkes, S. J.; Symes, D. R.; Hooker, C.; Doyle, H. W.; Olsson-Robbie, S. I.; Lowe, H. F.; Price, C. J.; Bigourd, D.; Patankar, S.; Mecseki, K.; Gumbrell, E. T.; Smith, R. A.

doi:10.1063/1.5136070

Title: Modeling radiative-shocks created by laser–cluster interactions

Journal Article · 02 March 2020 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5136070 · OSTI ID:1608570

^[1]; Booth, N. ^[1]; Hawkes, S. J. ^[1]; Symes, D. R. ^[1]; Hooker, C. ^[1]; Doyle, H. W. ^[2]; Olsson-Robbie, S. I. ^[3];

^[3]; Price, C. J. ^[3]; Bigourd, D. ^[4]; Patankar, S. ^[5]; Mecseki, K. ^[6]; Gumbrell, E. T. ^[7]; Smith, R. A. ^[3]

Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Oxford (United Kingdom). Rutherford Appleton Lab. (RAL)
First Light Fusion, Yarnton, (United Kingdom)
Imperial College, London (United Kingdom)
IMS Bordeaux University, Talence (France)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
AWE Aldermaston, Reading (United Kingdom)

Radiative-shocks induced by laser–cluster interactions are modeled using radiation-hydrodynamic simulations. A good agreement—in both shock velocity and density profiles—is obtained between experiment and simulations, indicating that non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (NLTE) radiative effects are important in the experimental regime examined, particularly at early times (≤30 ns) due to the elevated temperatures (≥35 eV). The enhanced NLTE radiative emission causes the shock to be reduced in amplitude, increased in width, and reduced in propagation velocity, while the amplitude of the radiative precursor is increased. As the density and temperature conditions are relatively modest, this potentially has important implications for the scalings that are used in laboratory–astrophysics to transform between laboratory and astrophysical scales, which do not hold for non-LTE systems.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; AC52-07NA27344; EP/G001324/1

OSTI ID:: 1608570

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1785445

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-820622; TRN: US2105072

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 27, Issue 3; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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