Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1772437 | High Energy Density Physics | 2013 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We have performed high-energy-density physics experiments with large radiative fluxes, relevant to radiative shocks in our universe. These experiments were performed at the Omega Laser facility and used a laser irradiance of 7.2 × 1014 W cm−2 to launch a Be disk into low-density Xe gas. The radiative shocks were observed early in time as the dense shocked Xe layer began to form. The average shock position indicates that the shock is moving over 130 km s−1. Data are compared to simulation output from the CRASH code, which was developed at the Center for Radiative Shock Hydrodynamics at the University of Michigan.
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Authors
C.C. Kuranz, R.P. Drake, C.M. Huntington, C.M. Krauland, C.A. Di Stefano, M. Trantham, M.J. Grosskopf, S.R. Klein, D.C. Marion,