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Generation of high pressure shocks relevant to the shock-ignition intensity regime

Authors :
Giulia Folpini
Gabriele Cristoforetti
Yong-Joo Rhee
Michal Smid
Xavier Ribeyre
Andriy Velyhan
Y. Maheut
Dimitri Batani
Petra Koester
Fabrizio Consoli
L. Giuffrida
J. Badziak
Luca Labate
R. Dudzak
Oldrich Renner
Tommaso Vinci
Luca Antonelli
Maria Richetta
T O'Dell
L. A. Gizzi
T. Levato
G. Malka
E. Krousky
Stefano Atzeni
T. Pisarczyk
Tomasz Chodukowski
Ph. Nicolaï
Jiri Skala
M. Krus
C. Spindloe
F. Baffigi
M. Sawicka
Alberto Marocchino
R. De Angelis
Daniele Margarone
Jiri Ullschmied
Jaroslav Nejdl
Zofia Kalinowska
Marcin Rosinski
Angelo Schiavi
Consoli, F.
De Angelis, R.
Publication Year :
2014
Publisher :
American Institute of Physics Inc., 2014.

Abstract

An experiment was performed using the PALS laser to study laser-target coupling and laser-plasma interaction in an intensity regime ≤1016 W/cm2, relevant for the "shock ignition" approach to Inertial Confinement Fusion. A first beam at low intensity was used to create an extended preformed plasma, and a second one to create a strong shock. Pressures up to 90 Megabars were inferred. Our results show the importance of the details of energy transport in the overdense region. © 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.

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Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
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