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EPJ Web of Conferences
Volume 59, 2013
IFSA 2011 – Seventh International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications
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| Article Number | 17009 | |
| Number of page(s) | 5 | |
| Section | XVII. Ultra-High Intensity Laser-Matter Interaction | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135917009 | |
| Published online | 15 November 2013 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135917009
Expansion of a plasma into vacuum with a bi-Maxwellian electron distribution function
Centre de Physique Théorique, École Polytechnique, CNRS, 91128 Palaiseau, France
Published online: 15 November 2013
A comprehensive theory is developped to describe the expansion of a plasma into a vacuum with a two-temperature electron distribution function. The characteristics of the rarefaction shock which occurs in the plasma when the hot- to the cold-electron temperature ratio is larger than 9.9 are investigated with a semi-infinite plasma. Furthermore by using a finite plasma foil, a possible heating of the cold electrons population is evidenced, for a sufficiently large hot- to the cold-electron density ratio.
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