Equation of state and HEDP

Steven RoseClarendon LaboratoryUniversity of Oxford

andAWE, Aldermaston

UK

Plasma conditions achieved with high-power lasers

long-pulse (nsec) lasershort-pulse (psec) lasercombined long and short-pulse laser

Energy exchange in a laser-produced plasma

Evolution of a free electron distribution by electron-electron collisions

Ionisation of aluminium at 1gcm-3

Ionisation of iron at 1gcm-3

Ionisation of tin at 1gcm-3

Development of the radiation field for iron at 500eV and 1gcm-3

Development of the radiation field for iron at 500eV and 1gcm-3

Development of the radiation field for iron at 500eV and 1gcm-3

Strong coupling

Degeneracy effects in plasmas

Strong-coupling and degeneracy regions in a carbon plasma

Strong-coupling and degeneracy regions in an aluminium plasma