Modeling of laser-plasma interaction on hydrodynamic scales: Physics development and comparison with experiments

Laser and Particle Beams

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-195

  Weber, S ^a,b   Riazuelo, G ^b   Michel, P ^b,c   Loubere R ^d   Walraet, F ^b   Tikhonchuk, V T ^a   Malka, V ^e   Ovadia, J ^f   Bonnaud, G ^g  

^a CENTRE LASERS INTENSES ET APPLICATIONS   (France)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

^c ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^f DAM/CESTA/DEV/SIS   (France)

^g DSE ^*  (France)

Author keywords

ICF plasmas; Laser plasma interaction; Nonlocal transport; Plasma induced smoothing; Transport modeling of plasmas

Indexed keywords

ICF PLASMA; LASER-PLASMA INTERACTION; NONLOCAL TRANSPORT; PLASMA INDUCED SMOOTHING; TRANSPORT MODELING OF PLASMAS; WAVE VECTOR;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; BACKSCATTERING; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PLASMA DENSITY; RAMAN SCATTERING;

LASER PRODUCED PLASMAS;

EID: 3342904434     PISSN: 02630346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263034604222157     Document Type: Conference Paper

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