Published May 21, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Effect of nonlocal transport on heat-wave propagation

  • 1. P.N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 117924 (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2J1 (Canada)
  • 3. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, P.O. Box 808, California 94551 (United States)

Description

We present the first direct measurements of spatially and temporally resolved temperature and density profiles produced by nonlocal transport in a laser plasma. Absolutely calibrated measurements have been performed by Rayleigh scattering and by resolving the ion-acoustic wave spectra across the plasma volume with Thomson scattering. We find that the electron temperature and density profiles disagree with flux-limited models, but are consistent with nonlocal transport modeling

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
92
Journal Issue
20
Journal Page Range
p. 205006-205006.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

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