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A laser experiment for studying radiative shocks in astrophysics

T. Hall
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In this article, we present a laboratory astrophysics experiment on radiative shocks and its interpretation using simple modelization. The experiment is performed with a 100-J laser (pulse duration of about 0.5 ns) which irradiates a 1-mm^3 xenon gas-filled cell. Descriptions of both the experiment and the associated diagnostics are given. The apparition of a radiation precursor in the unshocked material is evidenced from interferometry diagrams. A model including self-similar solutions and numerical ones is derived and fairly good agreements are obtained between the theoretical and the experimental results.

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hal-00518950 , version 1 (17-09-2010)

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X. Fleury, S. Bouquet, C. Stehlé, M. Koenig, D. Batani, et al.. A laser experiment for studying radiative shocks in astrophysics. Laser and Particle Beams, 2002, 20 (2), pp.263-268. ⟨10.1017/S0263034602202165⟩. ⟨hal-00518950⟩
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