Laser-driven shock waves for the study of extreme matter states
Alessandra Benuzzi-Mounaix
(1)
,
M. Koenig
(1)
,
Alessandra Ravasio
(1)
,
Tommaso Vinci
(1)
,
Norimasa Ozaki
(1)
,
M. Rabec Le Gloahec
(1)
,
B. Loupias
(1)
,
Gaël Huser
(2)
,
E. Henry
(2)
,
Serge Bouquet
(2)
,
Claire Michaut
(3)
,
D. Hicks
(4)
,
Alexander L. Mackinnon
(4)
,
P. Patel
(4)
,
H. S. Park
(4)
,
S. Lepape
(4)
,
T. Boehly
(5)
,
M. Borghesi
(6)
,
C. Cecchetti
(6)
,
M. M. Notley
(7)
,
Roger N. Clark
(7)
,
S. Bandyopadhyay
(7)
,
S. Atzeni
(8)
,
A. Schiavi
(8)
,
Y. Aglitskiy
(9)
,
A. Ya. Faenov
(10)
,
T. Pikuz
(10)
,
D. Batani
(11)
,
R. Dezulian
(11)
,
K. Tanaka
(12)
1
LULI -
Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses
2 DAM/DIF - DAM Île-de-France
3 LUTH (UMR_8102) - Laboratoire Univers et Théories
4 LLNL - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
5 Laboratory for Laser Energetics
6 QUB - Queen's University [Belfast]
7 Central Laser Facility Rutherford, Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Oxfordshire
8 UNIROMA - Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" = Sapienza University [Rome]
9 Science Applications International Corporation, McLean
10 Multicharged Ions Spectra Data Center, VNIIFRTI
11 UNIMIB - Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca
12 Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
2 DAM/DIF - DAM Île-de-France
3 LUTH (UMR_8102) - Laboratoire Univers et Théories
4 LLNL - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
5 Laboratory for Laser Energetics
6 QUB - Queen's University [Belfast]
7 Central Laser Facility Rutherford, Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Oxfordshire
8 UNIROMA - Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza" = Sapienza University [Rome]
9 Science Applications International Corporation, McLean
10 Multicharged Ions Spectra Data Center, VNIIFRTI
11 UNIMIB - Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca = University of Milano-Bicocca
12 Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
Résumé
During the last ten years, the ability of high power lasers to generate high energy density shocks has made them a reliable tool to study extreme states of matter. These states of matter are relevant in many important physics areas such as astrophysics, planetology and ICF physics. Here, we present some representative studies performed by using a driven laser shock: melting of iron at pressures relevant for geophysics, developments of new techniques to measure the density of highly compressed matter and a study of a radiative shock.