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Experimental investigations of multiple weak shock waves induced by intense heavy ion beams in solid matter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2003

C. CONSTANTIN
Affiliation:
Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Institut fuer Kernphysik, 9, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
E. DEWALD
Affiliation:
Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Institut fuer Kernphysik, 9, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
C. NIEMANN
Affiliation:
Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Institut fuer Kernphysik, 9, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
N.A. TAHIR
Affiliation:
Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Institut fuer Kernphysik, 9, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
A. SHUTOV
Affiliation:
Institute of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Science in Chernogolovka, Chernogolovka, 142432 Moscow Region, Russia
A. KOZYREVA
Affiliation:
Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Institut fuer Kernphysik, 9, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
T. SCHLEGEL
Affiliation:
Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Institut fuer Kernphysik, 9, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
S. UDREA
Affiliation:
Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Institut fuer Kernphysik, 9, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
D. VARENTSOV
Affiliation:
Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Institut fuer Kernphysik, 9, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
J. JACOBY
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung Darmstadt mbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
A. TAUSCHWITZ
Affiliation:
Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Institut fuer Kernphysik, 9, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
U.N. FUNK
Affiliation:
Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Institut fuer Kernphysik, 9, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany
U. NEUNER
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung Darmstadt mbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
P. SPILLER
Affiliation:
Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung Darmstadt mbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
D.H.H HOFFMANN
Affiliation:
Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Institut fuer Kernphysik, 9, 64289 Darmstadt, Germany Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung Darmstadt mbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany

Abstract

The dynamics of low entropy weak shock waves induced by heavy ion beams in solid targets was investigated by means of a schlieren technique. The targets consist of a metallic absorber for the beam energy deposition followed by a plexiglass block for optical observations. Multiple waves propagating with supersonic velocities at 15 kbar pressures were observed in the plexiglass, for pressures of up to 70 kbar numerically calculated in the absorbers. Pressures in the megabar ranges are predicted for a near future beam upgrade, enabling studies of phase transition to metallic states of H, Kr, and Xe.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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