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Intense shock waves and extreme states of matter

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a Russian Federal Nuclear Center ‘E.N. Zababakhin All-Russia Scientific Research Institute of Technical Physics’, PO Box 245, Snezhinsk, Chelyabinsk Region, Russian Federation
b Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Izhorskaya 13/19, Moscow, 127412, Russian Federation

A review is given of recent advances in the physical properties of matter that arise at ultrahigh pressures when solids are compressed and irreversibly heated by intense shock and rarefaction waves. Experiments have been carried in the proximity of a nuclear explosion, and also with chemical explosives employing geometric and gradient cumulation. High-speed diagnostic techniques and interpretations of dynamic experiments are described. Measurements of shock compressibility under pressures of tens, hundreds, and thousands of millions of atmospheres are presented. Part I analyzes theoretical models of highly compressed plasma and, in particular, the contribution of the discrete spectrum to its thermodynamics. A comparison is made with nonideal plasma models and the role of phase transitions and of quantum shell effects is analyzed. Part II discusses determinations of the velocity of rarefaction waves that provide information on the optical properties of hot condensed-state plasmas. Determinations of the thermodynamic and radiative properties of plasmas produced by adiabatic expansion of shock-compressed states have led to advances in the theoretically difficult near-critical region of metals in which strongly coupled plasmas are produced and there is a change in plasma statistics.

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Fulltext is also available at DOI: 10.1070/PU1993v036n05ABEH002158
PACS: 62.50.+p, 64.60.Cn, 82.33.Vx, 81.30.Bx (all)
DOI: 10.1070/PU1993v036n05ABEH002158
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1993/5/a/
Citation: Avrorin E N, Vodolaga B K, Simonenko V A, Fortov V E "Intense shock waves and extreme states of matter" Phys. Usp. 36 (5) 337–364 (1993)
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PT Journal Article
TI Intense shock waves and extreme states of matter
AU Avrorin E N
FAU Avrorin EN
AU Vodolaga B K
FAU Vodolaga BK
AU Simonenko V A
FAU Simonenko VA
AU Fortov V E
FAU Fortov VE
DP 10 May, 1993
TA Phys. Usp.
VI 36
IP 5
PG 337-364
RX 10.1070/PU1993v036n05ABEH002158
URL https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1993/5/a/
SO Phys. Usp. 1993 May 10;36(5):337-364

Îðèãèíàë: Àâðîðèí Å Í, Âîäîëàãà Á Ê, Ñèìîíåíêî Â À, Ôîðòîâ Â Å «Ìîùíûå óäàðíûå âîëíû è ýêñòðåìàëüíûå ñîñòîÿíèÿ âåùåñòâà» ÓÔÍ 163 (5) 1–34 (1993); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0163.199305a.0001

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