title: Miniature shock tube for laser driven shocks.
abstract: We describe in this paper the design of a miniature shock tube (smaller than 1 cm(3)) that can be placed in a vacuum vessel and allows transverse optical probing and longitudinal backside extreme ultraviolet emission spectroscopy in the 100-500 A range. Typical application is the study of laser launched radiative shocks, in the framework of what is called "laboratory astrophysics."
authors.affiliation: LERMA, UMR 8112, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS and UPMC, 5 Place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France. michel.busquet@obspm.fr
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Busquet
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barroso
authors.forename: Thierry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Melse
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bauduin