DEMONSTRATION OF 0.75 GBAR PLANAR SHOCKS IN X-RAY DRIVEN COLLIDING FOILS

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作者
CAUBLE, R
PHILLION, DW
HOOVER, TJ
HOLMES, NC
KILKENNY, JD
LEE, RW
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[1] Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, Livermore
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.2102
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We have directly observed 0.75 +/- 0.2 Gbar planar shocks in gold target foils impacted by ablatively driven gold flyer foils. The x-ray drive for the flyer foils was produced in a gold Hohlraum by ten beams of the Nova laser. The dynamic pressure inferred by shock velocity measurements is more than a factor of 7 greater than previous dynamic shocks produced in the laboratory and over a surface area significantly larger than most previous ultrahigh pressure experiments. The technique allows the laboratory investigations of equations of state in the gigabar regime.
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