Ablated Plasma Flow from Planar Targets.

Abstract

The experimentally observed flow of plasma ablated by a laser from a planar target resembles the nozzle flow of fluid from a circular orifice. This has implications for experimental simulations of spherical laser fusion pellets using planar targets and affects far field ion measurements in planar geometry experiments. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 13, 1981
Accession Number
ADA096115

Entities

People

  • Jacob Grün
  • M. J. Herbst

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ablation
  • Absorption
  • Computer Simulations
  • Detectors
  • Electron Density
  • Far Field
  • Flow
  • Fluid Flow
  • Geometry
  • Intensity
  • Laser Spots
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Numbers
  • Simulations
  • Universities
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy