Berenice Loupias

TL;DR: The results of a laboratory experiment showing the evolution of a reverse shock when both ionization and radiative losses are important are reported, finding that the stand-off position of the shock agrees with radiation hydrodynamic simulations and is consistent, when scaled to AM Herculis star systems, with theoretical predictions.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present experimental and numerical results on the propagation and energy deposition of laser-generated fast electrons into conical targets, and show that the presence of a large preplasma leads to a significant decrease in the fast electron density and energy flux.

TL;DR: Higher-pressure measurements along the diamond Hugoniot have recently been achieved by laser shocks, showing that diamond probably melts to a conducting fluid, and supports the existence of a maximum on the diamond melting curve.

TL;DR: In this article, a collisionless counter-streaming plasma with intense laser ablation based on the scaling law to laser plasma with the particle-in-cell simulation resulting in Weibel-mediated shock formation was made.

TL;DR: Key jet parameters such as propagation and radial velocities, temperature, and density are obtained and for the first time, the required dimensionless quantities are experimentally determined on a single-shot basis.