Link between laboratory and astrophysical radiative shocks

Claire Michaut (1) , Emeric Falize (1, 2) , Cécile Cavet (1) , Serge Bouquet (1, 2) , Michel Koenig (3) , Tommaso Vinci (3) , Bérénice Loupias (3)

1 LUTH (UMR_8102) - Laboratoire Univers et Théories
2 DPTA - Département de Physique Théorique et Appliquée
3 LULI - Laboratoire pour l'utilisation des lasers intenses

This work provides analytical solutions describing the post-shock structure of radiative shocks growing in astrophysics and in laboratory. The equations including a cooling function Λ ∝ ρ

Mots clés: Astrophysical radiative shocks; laboratory astrophysics; accretion shocks

Domaines: Cosmologie et astrophysique extra-galactique [astro-ph.CO]

Claire Michaut, Emeric Falize, Cécile Cavet, Serge Bouquet, Michel Koenig, et al.. Link between laboratory and astrophysical radiative shocks. 2008. ⟨hal-00287806⟩