Concentric conduction-type thermal wave moving in plasma at a constant speed
Abstract
The profile of a laser pulse necessary to produce a concentric and eccentric wave moving in a plasma at constant velocity is determined. Such solutions are essential for the construction of approximate solutions of the problem of laser compression of plasma because they make it possible to assess the conditions under which the assumption of constant velocity of the thermal wave (which considerably simplifies the solution) is justified.
- Publication:
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Bulletin de l'Academie Polonaise des Sciences Series des Sciences Mathematiques Astronomiques et Physiques
- Pub Date:
- 1974
- Bibcode:
- 1974BAPSS..22...53K
- Keywords:
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- Controlled Fusion;
- Laser Heating;
- Laser Plasmas;
- Plasma Heating;
- Plasma Waves;
- Compressing;
- Conductive Heat Transfer;
- Pulsed Lasers;
- Spherical Waves;
- Thermonuclear Power Generation;
- Wave Propagation;
- Plasma Physics