Search Results - "Michaut, C"
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Laboratory Observation of Radiative Shock Deceleration and Application to SN 1987A
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-01-2020)“…The first laboratory evidence of a radiative shock (RS) decelerating during its free expansion phase in an optically thick medium is presented. A shock is…”
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Ultra-rapid formation of large volumes of evolved magma
Published in Earth and planetary science letters (15-10-2006)“…We discuss evidence for, and evaluate the consequences of, the growth of magma reservoirs by small increments of thin (⋍ 1–2 m) sills. For such thin units,…”
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Laboratory analogue of a supersonic accretion column in a binary star system
Published in Nature communications (13-06-2016)“…Astrophysical flows exhibit rich behaviour resulting from the interplay of different forms of energy—gravitational, thermal, magnetic and radiative. For…”
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Transient geotherms in Archean continental lithosphere: New constraints on thickness and heat production of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle
Published in Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth (01-04-2007)“…Because of its large thickness and thermal relaxation time, Archean lithosphere cannot be in thermal equilibrium with the instantaneous rate of heat production…”
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NUMERICAL STUDY OF THE VISHNIAC INSTABILITY IN SUPERNOVA REMNANTS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-11-2012)“…The Vishniac instability is thought to explain the complex structure of radiative supernova remnants in their Pressure-Driven Thin Shell (PDTS) phase after a…”
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POLAR project: a numerical study to optimize the target design
Published in New journal of physics (20-03-2013)“…Modern high-energy density facilities allow us to bring matter to extreme states of density, temperature and velocity. Rigorous scaling laws proved that the…”
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Scaling laws for radiating fluids: the pillar of laboratory astrophysics
Published in Astrophysics and space science (01-08-2009)“…In this paper, we derive the scaling laws for different radiating fluids. The studied regimes are relevant for both laboratory astrophysics and High Energy…”
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Similarity Properties and Scaling Laws of Radiation Hydrodynamic Flows in Laboratory Astrophysics
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-04-2011)“…The spectacular recent development of modern high-energy density laboratory facilities which concentrate more and more energy in millimetric volumes allows the…”
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Classification of and recent research involving radiative shocks
Published in Astrophysics and space science (01-08-2009)“…Radiative shocks (RS) occur in astrophysical systems and in high-energy density laboratory experiments. Aided by three dimensionless parameters, we propose a…”
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Supersonic-jet experiments using a high-energy laser
Published in Physical review letters (31-12-2007)“…In this Letter, laboratory astrophysical jet experiments performed with the LULI2000 laser facility are presented. High speed plasma jets (150 km.s(-1)) are…”
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Observation of laser driven supercritical radiative shock precursors
Published in Physical review letters (04-06-2004)“…We present a supercritical radiative shock experiment performed with the LULI nanosecond laser facility. Using targets filled with xenon gas at low pressure,…”
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The scalability of the accretion column in magnetic cataclysmic variables: the POLAR project
Published in Astrophysics and space science (01-11-2011)“…In this paper, theoretical and experimental laboratory astrophysics results are presented from the POLAR project, the main focus of which is to design and…”
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Computational radiation hydrodynamics
Published in Astrophysics and space science (01-11-2011)“…This paper deals about pure hydrodynamic and radiation hydrodynamic codes developed at LUTH, dedicated to astrophysical simulations. The studied phenomena in…”
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From lasers to the universe: Scaling laws in laboratory astrophysics
Published in High energy density physics (01-12-2010)“…In this work scaling laws in laboratory astrophysics are studied. It is shown that mathematical models governing radiation hydrodynamics-driven phenomena are…”
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Laboratory radiative accretion shocks on GEKKO XII laser facility for POLAR project
Published in High power laser science and engineering (2018)“…A new target design is presented to model high-energy radiative accretion shocks in polars. In this paper, we present the experimental results obtained on the…”
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High-energy density laboratory astrophysics studies of accretion shocks in magnetic cataclysmic variables
Published in High energy density physics (01-03-2012)“…In this paper we present the experimental simulation of the accretion column in magnetic cataclysmic variables using high-power lasers. With an appropriate…”
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Experiments to investigate the effects of radiative cooling on plasma jet collimation
Published in High energy density physics (01-06-2014)“…Preliminary experiments have been performed to investigate the effects of radiative cooling on plasma jets. Thin (3 μm–5 μm) conical shells were irradiated…”
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Numerical study of the adiabatic index effect for the Vishniac instability in supernova remnants
Published in Astrophysics and space science (01-11-2011)“…The Vishniac instability is supposed to explain the fragmentation of the thin shell of shocked matter in the radiative phase of supernova remnants. However its…”
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Highly radiative shock experiments driven by GEKKO XII
Published in Astrophysics and space science (01-11-2011)“…In this paper, recent results obtained on highly radiative shocks generated in a xenon filled gas cell using the GEKKO XII laser facility are presented. Data…”
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Analytical structure of steady radiative shocks in magnetic cataclysmic variables
Published in Astrophysics and space science (01-08-2009)“…In this paper we study specific classes of radiating shocks which are widely spread in astrophysical environments. We present new analytical solutions…”
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