Scaling of Ablative Laser-Fusion Implosions
- 7 July 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 45 (1), 28-31
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.45.28
Abstract
A theoretical model is presented describing the spatial structure and scaling laws of laser-driven ablative implosions. The effect of inhibited electron thermal transport is explicitly included. Simple expressions describe the ablation rate and pressure as a function of laser intensity and wavelength. The analytic results are supported by extensive comparisons with numerical hydrodynamic simulations.Keywords
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