Structure of a laser-driven radiative shock
Uddhab Chaulagain
(1, 2, 3)
,
Chantal Stehle
(1, 2, 3)
,
Jean Larour
(4)
,
Michaela Kozlová
(5)
,
Francisco Suzuki-Vidal
(6)
,
Patrice Barroso
(7)
,
M. Cotelo
(8)
,
P. Velarde
(8)
,
R. Rodriguez
(9)
,
J. M. Gil
(9)
,
Andrea Ciardi
(1, 2, 3)
,
Ouali Acef
(10)
,
Jaroslav Nejdl
(5)
,
Lionel de Sá
(1, 2, 3)
,
Raj Laxmi Singh
(1, 2, 3)
,
Laurent Ibgui
(1, 2, 3)
,
Norbert Champion
(1, 2, 3)
1
LERMA -
Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique
2 Dynamique des milieux interstellaires et plasmas stellaires
3 Molécules dans l'Univers
4 LPP - Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas
5 Institute of Physics of ASCR, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague 8, Czech Republic
6 CCM - Centre for Cold Matter, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ,
7 GEPI - Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation
8 Instituto de Fusión Nuclear, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
9 Departamento de Fisica, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
10 SYRTE - Systèmes de Référence Temps Espace
2 Dynamique des milieux interstellaires et plasmas stellaires
3 Molécules dans l'Univers
4 LPP - Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas
5 Institute of Physics of ASCR, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague 8, Czech Republic
6 CCM - Centre for Cold Matter, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ,
7 GEPI - Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation
8 Instituto de Fusión Nuclear, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
9 Departamento de Fisica, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35017 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
10 SYRTE - Systèmes de Référence Temps Espace
Résumé
Radiative shocks are ubiquitous in stellar environments and are characterized by high temperature plasma emitting a considerable fraction of their energy as radiation. The physical structure of these shocks is complex and experimental benchmarks are needed to provide a deeper understanding of the physics at play. In addition, experiments provide unique data for testing radiation hydrodynamics codes which, in turn, are used to model astrophysical phenomena.