THEORY AND INTERPRETATION OF LASER COMPRESSION STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

E.B. Goldman; L.M. Goldman; J. Delettrez; J. Hoose; S. Jackel; G.W. Leppelmeier; M.J. Lubin; A. Nee; I. Pelah; E. Thorsos; D. Woodall; B. Yaakobi

doi:10.2184/lsj.4.229

E.B. Goldman, L.M. Goldman, J. Delettrez, J. Hoose, S. Jackel, G.W. Leppelmeier, M.J. Lubin, A. Nee, I. Pelah, E. Thorsos, D. Woodall, B. Yaakobi

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E.B. Goldman
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Sciences
L.M. Goldman
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Sciences
J. Delettrez
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Sciences and The Institute of Optics
J. Hoose
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Sciences and The Institute of Optics
S. Jackel
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Sciences and The Institute of Optics
G.W. Leppelmeier
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Sciences and The Institute of Optics
M.J. Lubin
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Sciences and The Institute of Optics
A. Nee
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Sciences
I. Pelah
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Sciences
E. Thorsos
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Sciences
D. Woodall
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Sciences
B. Yaakobi
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Sciences

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1977 Volume 4 Issue 4 Pages 229-244

DOI https://doi.org/10.2184/lsj.4.229

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Abstract

We report here on the theoretical interpretation of results related to compression experiments performed on the University of Rochester's four beam laser system. The experimental results show volume reduction on the order of 300 with compressed electron temperatures on the order of 1 KeV, critical surface temperatures also about 1 KeV and a density plateau in the vicinity of the critical surface. The theoretical work focusses on the effect of absorption time history, of reduced flux limits and of variation of the suprathermal electron distribution on the replication of these experiments.

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