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Recent advances in laser–plasma experiments using foams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 November 2002

TOM HALL ,
DIMITRI BATANI ,
WIGEN NAZAROV ,
MICHEL KOENIG  and
ALESSANDRA BENUZZI
TOM HALL
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, England, U.K.
DIMITRI BATANI
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Fisica “G. Occhialini,” Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca and INFM, Piazza della Scienza 3, 20126 Milano, Italy
WIGEN NAZAROV
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Carnelley Building, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4PR, Scotland, U.K.
MICHEL KOENIG
Affiliation:
Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France
ALESSANDRA BENUZZI
Affiliation:
Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses, CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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Abstract

The paper discusses recent advances in the use of foams in laser–plasma experiments, concerning in particular: (1) the use of foam in order to get an efficient smoothing of laser energy deposition, (2) the problem of hydrodynamics of layered foam-payload targets, (3) the use of foam for shock pressure amplification in equation-of-state experiments, (4) the study of the equation of state of foams in the Megabar regime, and (5) the use of foams for astrophysics relevant experiments, here in particular shock acceleration experiments.

Keywords

Equation of stateFoam targetsLaboratory astrophysicsLaser produced plasmasRadiation smoothingShock waves
Type
Research Article
Information
Laser and Particle Beams , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , April 2002 , pp. 303 - 316
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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