Context and Theory for Planar Radiative Shock Experiments in Xenon
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Our laboratory studies of radiative shocks include development of the semi-analytic theory that corresponds to various cases of interest to experiments, development of experiments, comparison of experiments and simulations, and drawing connections to astrophysics. Here we discuss theory and experiment of radiative shocks that are optically thin to thermal radiation in the upstream direction but optically thick in the downstream direction.
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