title: Observation of laser driven supercritical radiative shock precursors.
abstract: We present a supercritical radiative shock experiment performed with the LULI nanosecond laser facility. Using targets filled with xenon gas at low pressure, the propagation of a strong shock with a radiative precursor is evidenced. The main measured shock quantities (electronic density and propagation velocity) are shown to be in good agreement with theory and numerical simulations.
authors.affiliation: Département de Physique Théorique et Appliquée, CEA-DIF, BP 12, 91680 Bruyères-le-Châtel, France.
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