Nature Communications (Jun 2016)
Laboratory analogue of a supersonic accretion column in a binary star system
- J. E. Cross,
- G. Gregori,
- J. M. Foster,
- P. Graham,
- J. -M. Bonnet-Bidaud,
- C. Busschaert,
- N. Charpentier,
- C. N. Danson,
- H. W. Doyle,
- R. P. Drake,
- J. Fyrth,
- E. T. Gumbrell,
- M. Koenig,
- C. Krauland,
- C. C. Kuranz,
- B. Loupias,
- C. Michaut,
- M. Mouchet,
- S. Patankar,
- J. Skidmore,
- C. Spindloe,
- E. R. Tubman,
- N. Woolsey,
- R. Yurchak,
- É. Falize
Affiliations
- J. E. Cross
- Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford
- G. Gregori
- Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford
- J. M. Foster
- Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford
- P. Graham
- AWE, Aldermaston
- J. -M. Bonnet-Bidaud
- Service d‘Astrophysique-Laboratoire AIM, CEA/DSM/Irfu
- C. Busschaert
- CEA-DAM-DIF
- N. Charpentier
- CEA-DAM-DIF
- C. N. Danson
- Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford
- H. W. Doyle
- Clarendon Laboratory, University of Oxford
- R. P. Drake
- Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan
- J. Fyrth
- AWE, Aldermaston
- E. T. Gumbrell
- AWE, Aldermaston
- M. Koenig
- LULI-CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, CEA: Université Paris-Saclay
- C. Krauland
- Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan
- C. C. Kuranz
- Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, University of Michigan
- B. Loupias
- CEA-DAM-DIF
- C. Michaut
- LUTH, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité
- M. Mouchet
- LUTH, Observatoire de Paris, PSL Research University, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité
- S. Patankar
- AWE, Aldermaston
- J. Skidmore
- AWE, Aldermaston
- C. Spindloe
- Target Fabrication Group, Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus
- E. R. Tubman
- Department of Physics, York Plasma Institute, University of York
- N. Woolsey
- Department of Physics, York Plasma Institute, University of York
- R. Yurchak
- LULI-CNRS, Ecole Polytechnique, CEA: Université Paris-Saclay
- É. Falize
- Service d‘Astrophysique-Laboratoire AIM, CEA/DSM/Irfu
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11899
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
Stationary radiative shocks are expected to form above the surface of highly-magnetized white dwarves in binary systems, but this cannot be resolved by telescopes. Here, the authors report a laboratory experiment showing the evolution of a reverse shock when both ionization and radiative losses are important.
