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Persistent URL	http://purl.org/net/epubs/work/49657
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Record Id	49657
Title	Radiative shell thinning in intense laser-driven blast waves
Contributors	J Osterhoff (Texas U. Austin), AD Edens (Texas U. Austin), T Ditmire (Texas U. Austin), DR Symes (STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab.), AS Moore (AWE), E Hellewell (AWE)
Abstract	The structural evolution of blast waves launched by intense laser pulses in gases is investigated. These blast waves exhibit significant energy loss through radiation while propagating in xenon as evidenced by interferometric imaging revealing radiative precursors and deceleration parameters well below those of an energy conserving wave. Thinning of the blast wave shell from radiative cooling is observed through comparison of shocks launched in gases of differing atomic number. Shell thinning is also measured when the gas density is altered, indicating the influence of conditions within the preshock medium. These results are compared to radiative-hydrodynamic simulations.
Organisation	CLF , CLF-ASTRA , STFC
Keywords	Physics , 52.35.Tc , 52.50.Jm , 52.72.+v
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Language	English (EN)

Type	Details	URI(s)	Local file(s)	Year
Journal Article	New J Phys 11 (2009): 023022.	doi:10.1088/1367-2630/11/2/023022		2009