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Analytical study of the hydrodynamics of similarity flows from thin-foil laser plasmas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2000

L. FERRARIO
L. FERRARIO
Affiliation:
Università di Milano, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
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Abstract

The hydrodynamic expansion of plasmas produced by laser beams focused on thin-foil targets is studied using a self-similar approach. The model is useful for studying long-scale-length plasmas, produced by uniform laser irradiation, which become fully underdense during the laser pulse. An essentially qualitative analysis of the hydrodynamics system in Cartesian geometry is given. In particular, a useful expression is obtained by integration of the thermal energy equation.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 64 , Issue 1 , July 2000 , pp. 1 - 11
Copyright
2000 Cambridge University Press

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