Application of high-power lasers to study matter at ultrahigh pressures
S.I. Anisimova,
A.M. Prokhorovb,
V.E. Fortovc aL.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow Region, Russian Federation bProkhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation cJoint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Izhorskaya 13/19, Moscow, 127412, Russian Federation
This article reviews the current status of studies by means of lasers of superdense nonideal plasmas. The main attention is paid to laser methods of generating plane steady-state shock waves with extremely high pressures. The role is discussed of various factors that complicate the design of laser experiments: generation of high-energy non-Maxwell electrons, plasma and hydrodynamic instabilities, restrictions on heat flux, etc. The advantages are pointed out of using highfrequency lasers and layered targets to obtain a plasma with extremal parameters.
PACS:52.50.Jm, 52.35.Tc, 52.35.Py, 52.70.−m (all) DOI:10.1070/PU1984v027n03ABEH004036 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1984/3/b/ Citation: Anisimov S I, Prokhorov A M, Fortov V E "Application of high-power lasers to study matter at ultrahigh pressures" Sov. Phys. Usp.27 181–205 (1984)
@article{Anisimov:1984,author = {S. I. Anisimov and A. M. Prokhorov and V. E. Fortov},title = {Application of high-power lasers to study matter at ultrahigh pressures},publisher = {Physics-Uspekhi},year = {1984},journal = {Phys. Usp.},volume = {27},number = {3},pages = {181-205},url = {https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1984/3/b/},doi = {10.1070/PU1984v027n03ABEH004036}}