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Models of laser-plasma ablation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

G. J. Pert
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Physics, University of Hull, HU6, 7RX

Abstract

Dimensional analysis is used to predict the functional relationships amongst the characteristic variables of the ablation of a cold dense fluid by an imposed external heat source. From these relations, self-similar limiting forms are identified and evaluated. Numerical simulation is used to investigate the interpolation between these limits. Self-similar forms generalizing well-known existing solutions of relevance to laser-plasma are demonstrated and include a general proof of Nemchinov's hypothesis for the heating of small targets of limited mass.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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