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Supernova hydrodynamics experiments on the Nova laser

1997; American Institute of Physics; Volume: 4; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1063/1.872341

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B. A. Remington, J. Kane, R. P. Drake, S. G. Glendinning, K. G. Estabrook, Richard A. London, J. Castor, R. J. Wallace, David Arnett, Edison Liang, Richard McCray, A. M. Rubenchik, B. Fryxell,

Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications

In studying complex astrophysical phenomena such as supernovae, one does not have the luxury of setting up clean, well-controlled experiments in the universe to test the physics of current models and theories. Consequently, creating a surrogate environment to serve as an experimental astrophysics testbed would be highly beneficial. The existence of highly sophisticated, modern research lasers, developed largely as a result of the world-wide effort in inertial confinement fusion, opens a new potential for creating just such an experimental testbed utilizing well-controlled, well-diagnosed laser-produced plasmas. Two areas of physics critical to an understanding of supernovae are discussed that are amenable to supporting research on large lasers: (1) compressible nonlinear hydrodynamic mixing and (2) radiative shock hydrodynamics.