Fluctuations of cosmic rays and interplanetary magnetic field in the vicinity of interplanetary shock fronts

The spectral characteristic of fluctuations of cosmic rays (CRs) and the interplanetary magnetic field in the prefront region of interplanetary shock waves, where coherent CR fluctuations with energies from ～10 keV to ～1 GeV are often observed, have been studied. It is concluded that the spectrum of CR fluctuations is subjected to modulation by fast magnetosonic waves generated by low-energy CRs reflected and/or accelerated at the shock fronts.     

基于受激布里渊散射能量转移的冲击点火激光技术研究

提出一种新型的激光放大技术, 高效地实现冲击点火所需的10² ps级高功率激光脉冲. 该技术耦合了传统的激光驱动器放大技术和受激布里渊散射(SBS) 脉冲压缩技术, 在不改变现有激光装置主体结构的前提下, 使用长脉冲(数 ns) 充分提取主放大器储能, 然后在系统输出端通过SBS进行脉冲自抽运的能量转移, 将长脉冲能量转移给10² ps级的冲击脉冲, 实现高效放大的目的. 该技术在主动控制下实现能量转移, 将克服传统SBS压缩时间特性不可控的缺点, 输出满足冲击点火时域特性要求的精密控制激光脉冲.     

Monoenergetic proton beams accelerated by a radiation pressure driven shock

We report on the acceleration of impurity-free quasimononenergetic proton beams from an initially gaseous hydrogen target driven by an intense infrared (λ=10 μm) laser. The front surface of the target was observed by optical probing to be driven forward by the radiation pressure of the laser. A proton beam of ～MeV energy was simultaneously recorded with narrow energy spread (σ～4%), low normalized emittance (～8 nm), and negligible background. The scaling of proton energy with the ratio of intensity over density (I/n) confirms that the acceleration is due to the radiation pressure driven shock.     

Generation and detection of superstrong shock waves during ablation of an aluminum surface by intense femtosecond laser pulses

Superstrong shock waves of multimegabar level generated during ablation of an aluminum surface by intense (<1 PW/cm²) femtosecond laser pulses have been detected by observing the propagation of a shock wave in air from the ablated surface to a broadband piezoelectric receiver. The estimated initial pressure and velocity of the shock wave (ablation plume) agree well with data obtained earlier by various methods for shock waves propagating inside ablated targets.     

Two-wave structure of plastic relaxation waves in crystals under intense shock loading

The mechanism of formation of a two-wave structure of plastic relaxation waves at shock wave stresses σ > 1 GPa (plastic strain rates $\dot \varepsilon $ > 10⁶ s^?1) has been theoretically considered using the dislocation kinetic equations and relationships. It has been shown that, under intense shock loading, two plastic relaxation waves are generated in the crystal. Initially, there arises the first wave (in the traditional terminology, it is an elastic precursor) associated with the generation of geometrically necessary dislocations at the boundary between the compressed and uncompressed parts of the crystal. Then, there arises the second wave due to the dislocation multiplication on geometrically necessary dislocations of the first wave in the form of forest dislocations. The dependences of the stresses on the plastic strain rate σ ～ $\dot \varepsilon ^{1/4} $ in the first wave and σ ～ $\dot \varepsilon ^{2/5} $ in the second wave, as well as the dependences of the stresses on the thickness of the target D, i.e., σ ～ D ^?1/3 and σ ～ D ^?2/3, respectively, have been determined by solving the relaxation equations. The obtained relationships have been confirmed by the experimental data available in the literature.     

“闪光二号”电子束辐照平板靶产生热击波的实验研究

 热击波是电子束辐照靶材料时在其内产生材料响应的一个重要力学现象。论述了近两年来我们在“闪光二号”装置上进行电子束辐照平板靶产生热击波的实验研究。使用的靶厚为2.8~6.5 nm,靶材为LY-12铝,靶上能通量为87~152 J/cm²。实验结果表明,实测热击波应力峰值为0.35~2.0 GPa,热击波平均作用时间约为0.29 μs,均半高宽约为0.14 μs,平均上升时间约为0.10 μs。     

Shock Waves due to Grain-Charge Variation in Dusty Plasmas

Nonlinear electrostatic wave structures in plasmas containing variable-charge dust grains, Boltz-mann electrons, and inertial ions are investigated. The charge variation is assumed to be caused by electron and ion currents at the grains. It is found that intense shock waves can exist. The dissipation in such shock waves originate from the process of dust charging.     

Ion-acoustic shock waves and their head-on collision in a dense electron-positron-ion quantum plasma

Ion-acoustic shock waves and their head-on collision in a dense quantum plasma comprised of electrons, positrons, and ions are studied. The extended Poincaré-Lighthill-Kuo perturbation method is used to derive the Korteweg-de Vries-Burgers equations for shock waves in this plasma. The dissipation is introduced by taking into account the kinematic viscosity among the plasma constituents. The effects of the ratio of positrons to ions unperturbation number density μ, the normalized kinematic viscosity ηi0, and the quantum Bohm potential H on the interaction and structure of the shock waves are investigated. It is found that there are integrally vertical downward movements for both the colliding shocks after their head-on collision, but there are no shifts of the postcollision trajectories (phase shifts). It is also found that these plasma parameters can significantly influence the collision and properties of the colliding shocks. The results may have relevance in dense astrophysical plasmas (such as neutron stars or white dwarfs) as well as in intense laser-solid density plasma experiments.     

Analysis of parameters of an electron beam from a plasma-filled diode

We analyze the properties of a high-current electron beam formed in an electron source based on a plasma-filled diode and a linear pulsed transformer. The beam parameters are determined by measuring bremsstrahlung X-rays and the beam current, as well as the photographs of the diode gap in the optical range, of the anode in X-rays, and beam autographs. A beam with a current of ～100 kA and a mean electron energy exceeding 0.7 MeV for an accelerating voltage amplitude of ～1 MV is obtained. The diameter of the generated beam is ～1 cm. The electron beam from the plasma-filled diode makes it possible to attain a high anode power density (>10¹⁰ W/cm²) for exciting shock waves, for obtaining high pressures, and for generating powerful X-rays.     

Generation of intense shock waves by an electric discharge in gases

A device for generating intense shock waves at low energies of an electric discharge in a gas is suggested and tested.     

Generation of intense pulsed low-kinetic-energy molecular beams

A method for the generation of intense pulsed low-kinetic-energy molecular beams is described. The method is based on the formation of a cold (≈77 K) pressure shock as a result of interaction between an intense pulsed gas-dynamically cooled molecular beam with a solid surface. The pressure shock is used as a source of a secondary beam for generating low-energy molecules. The suggested method was used to obtain intense molecular beams of H₂, He, CH₄, N₂, and Kr with kinetic energies lower than or equal to 10 meV and H₂/Kr and He/Kr molecular beams with kinetic energies of H₂ and He molecules lower than 1 meV. The energy (velocity) of molecules in low-energy beams can be controlled by varying the intensity of the initial beam or temperature in the pressure shock.     

Generating intense beams of low-energy molecules

A method for obtaining intense pulsed beams of molecules possessing low kinetic energies is proposed. The method is based on the formation of a cold pressure shock (shock wave) in an intense pulsed molecular beam interacting with a solid surface, which serves as a source of the secondary beam of low-energy molecules. The proposed method was successfully used to obtain intense beams of H₂, He, CH₄, and Kr molecules with kinetic energies not exceeding 10 meV, and H₂/Kr and He/Kr beams with kinetic energies of H₂ and He molecules below 1 meV.     

磁化尘埃等离子体中的冲击波及其横向扰动稳定性

利用双曲函数法得到ZKB方程的一组冲击波解,并对波在横向扰动下的动力学稳定性进行研究.对冲击波解进行线性稳定性分析,并构造高精度的有限差分格式求解所得本征值问题.结果表明：对于正耗散的情形,该冲击波在线性意义下稳定;对于负耗散情形,该冲击波在线性意义下不稳定.构造有限差分格式对受扰动的冲击波进行非线性动力学演化,结果表明：对于正耗散的情况,该冲击波是稳定的.     

Velocity and timing of multiple spherically converging shock waves in liquid deuterium

The fuel entropy and required drive energy for an inertial confinement fusion implosion are set by a sequence of shocks that must be precisely timed to achieve ignition. This Letter reports measurements of multiple spherical shock waves in liquid deuterium that facilitate timing inertial confinement fusion shocks to the required precision. These experiments produced the highest shock velocity observed in liquid deuterium (U(s) = 135 km/s at ～2500 GPa) and also the first observation of convergence effects on the shock velocity. Simulations model the shock-timing results well when a nonlocal transport model is used in the coronal plasma.     

Response of high-purity titanium to high-pressure impulsive loading

Abstract

Measurements of free surface velocity profiles of high-purity titanium samples under shock-wave loading were performed to study the dynamic strength and phase transition parameters. The peak pressure of the initial compression waves was within the range of 4 to 40 GPa, and the load duration was vaned between 10^?8 and 10^?6 s. An anomalous structure of shock waves was observed at pressures of ～ 2.0 to 5.0 GPa due to the α-ω phase transition. The dynamic strength of pure titanium is lower than that of titanium alloys but exceeds the spall strength of commercial grade titanium.     

On the depolarization of ultracold neutrons in traps

The method of pulse duration control is proposed for intense molecular beams. The method is based on the shortening of a primary molecular-beam pulse through the formation of a pressure shock ahead of a solid surface through which the beam is passed. The method was used to obtain intense SF₆, H₂, He, SF₆/H₂ (1/10), and SF₆/He (1/10) molecular beams with a pulse duration of ≤10?15 μs and a spatial length of ≤1?2 cm.     

Dissipative Instability of Shock Waves

A new condition is obtained for the linear instability of a plane front of an intense shock wave in an arbitrary medium, which is determined by the finiteness of the viscosity. It is shown that the shock front instability occurs due to dissipative instability of the flow behind the front, which is analogous to the flow instability in the boundary layer. It is found that in the low-viscosity limit, one-dimensional longitudinal perturbations increase much faster than two-dimensional (corrugation) perturbations. The results are compared with the available data of experimental observation and numerical simulation of instability of shock waves. The comparison shows a better agreement between the new absolute shock instability as compared to the condition of such instability in the classical D’yakov theory disregarding viscosity.     

铁-铍介质界面上激波折射现象的数值研究

用数值方法研究铁-铍介质界面上的激波折射现象.运用激波极曲线理论分析不同强度的激波从正规折射过渡到非正规折射的临界角变化.运用一个具有二阶精度和波传播性质的激波捕捉法,数值求解激波折射运动的流体力学方程组.对正规折射,数值结果与激波极曲线理论一致;对非正规折射,不同强度的激波大都存在前驱的折射激波,并且入射激波的强度不同、入射角度不同,激波折射的图像也不同.     

Detached shock waves around cylinders flying at mach number ranging from 1 to 2

Using a ballistic range with a small single-stage powder gun, characteristics of detached shock waves around cylindrical projectiles were investigated. The detaches shock waves were analyzed quantitatively by visualization method. The projectiles were made of steel, with a diameter of 5.56 mm and with a mass of 1.77 g. The projectiles were ejected into the test section of the ballistic range at supersonic speeds. Direction-indicating color schlieren method (DInCS) was used to visualize the flow field. The stand-off distance of the detached shock waves and the shape were obtained as the function of Mach number. The functions were compared with the results obtained by wind tunnel experiments. Analyzed images provided the quantitative information on shock shapes. The results were as follows: (1) the stand-off distances of the detached shock waves have been shown as exponential functions of Mach number; (2) the shapes of the shock waves have been found as quadratic functions of Mach number. The differences in the functions between this paper and a wind tunnel test were shown.