Role of thermal conduction in the expansion of a plasma from a vacuum interface
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The effects of thermal conduction are examined for the expansion of a plasma from a vacuum interface using an analytic model based on well-known self-similar models of rarefaction waves. Conventional analysis of shock-unloading experiments uses an isotropic expansion model. However, thermal conduction introduces a characteristic time scale during which the flow is not self-similar. The significance of this time scale for experimental measurements is also discussed. The characteristic time is calculated for an aluminum plasma using theoretical equation-of-state and conductivity models.
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