Model for the boring of ultraintense lasers into overdense plasmas
- 1 November 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review E
- Vol. 58 (5) , 6553-6556
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.58.6553
Abstract
A simple piston model for the boring of ultraintense lasers into overdense plasmas is proposed. The hydrodynamic behavior of the laser-irradiated plasma is then determined in a self-consistent manner. Scaling laws for the parameters characterizing the laser penetration, shock propagation, and shock-compressed plasma are presented.Keywords
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