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Numerical Investigation of Non-local Electron Transport in Laser-produced Plasmas
Chinese Physics
  • Yalin Dong, The University of Akron, Main Campus
  • Zhao Bin
  • Zheng Jian
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2007
Abstract

Non-local electron transport in laser-produced plasmas under inertial confinement fusion (ICF) conditions is studied based on Fokker–Planck (FP) and hydrodynamic simulations. A comparison between the classical Spitzer–Härm (SH) transport model and non-local transport models has been made. The result shows that among those non-local models the Epperlein and Short (ES) model of heat flux is in reasonable agreement with the FP simulation in overdense region. However, the non-local models are invalid in the hot underdense plasmas. Hydrodynamic simulation is performed with the flux limiting model and the non-local model, separately. The simulation results show that in the underdense region of the laser-produced plasmas the temperature given by the flux limiting model is significantly higher than that given with the non-local model.

Citation Information
Yalin Dong, Zhao Bin and Zheng Jian. "Numerical Investigation of Non-local Electron Transport in Laser-produced Plasmas" Chinese Physics Vol. 16 Iss. 12 (2007) p. 3742
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/yalin_dong/32/