A comparison of ablative acceleration measurements
- 1 May 1982
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 40 (9), 776-778
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.93256
Abstract
Measurements of foil acceleration by streaked x-ray shadowgraphy are compared with optical shadowgraphy and the ablation pressure measured by layer burnthrough. The latter two show a factor 3–4 discrepancy with the x-ray shadowgraphy.Keywords
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