Radiative Shocks And Plasma Jets As Laboratory Astrophysics Experiments

Journal Article · Thu Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2768841· OSTI ID:21067339

Koenig, M; Loupias, B; Vinci, T; Ozaki, N; Benuzzi-Mounaix, A; Rabec le Goahec, M ^[1]; Falize, E; Bouquet, S; Courtois, C ^[2]; Michaut, C; Herpe, G; Baroso, P ^[3]; Nazarov, W ^[4]; Aglitskiy, Y ^[5]; Faenov, A Ya; Pikuz, T ^[6]; Woolsey, N C; Gregory, C D; Howe, J ^[7]; Schiavi, A ^[8] ; CNISM, ^[9]

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1. Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, UMR7605, CNRS (United States)
2. CEA/DIF/ BP 12 91680 Bruyeres-le-Chatel (France)
3. Laboratoire de l'Univers et de ses Theories, UMR8102, Observatoire de Paris, 92195 Meudon (France)
4. University of St Andrews, School of Chemistry, Purdie Building, North Haugh, St Andrews (United Kingdom)
5. Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, Virginia 22102 (United States)
6. Joint Institute for High temperatures of RAS, Izhorskaya 13/19, Moscow, 125412 (Russian Federation)
7. Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD (United Kingdom)
8. Dipartimento di Energetica, Universita' di Roma 'La Sapienza' (Italy)
9. Italy; and others

Dedicated laboratory astrophysics experiments have been developed at LULI in the last few years. First, a high velocity (70 km/s) radiative shock has been generated in a xenon filled gas cell. We observed a clear radiative precursor, measure the shock temperature time evolution in the xenon. Results show the importance of 2D radiative losses. Second, we developed specific targets designs in order to generate high Mach number plasma jets. The two schemes tested are presented and discussed.

• OSTI ID: 21067339
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 926, Issue 1; Conference: 15. international conference on atomic processes in plasmas, Gaithersburg, MD (United States), 19-22 Mar 2007; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2768841; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
ASTROPHYSICS
ENERGY LOSSES
MACH NUMBER
PLASMA
PLASMA JETS
PRECURSOR
SHOCK WAVES
XENON