Bow shocks in ablated plasma streams for nested wire array z-pinches: A laboratory astrophysics testbed for radiatively cooled shocks

A laboratory astrophysics testbed for radiatively cooled shocks D. J. Ampleford, C. A. Jennings, G. N. Hall, S. V. Lebedev, S. N. Bland, S. C. Bott, F. Suzuki-Vidal, J. B. A. Palmer, J. P. Chittenden, M. E. Cuneo, A. Frank, E. G. Blackman, and A. Ciardi Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185-1106, USA The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London SW7 2BW, United Kingdom Center for Energy Research, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA and Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA LERMA, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Observatoire de Paris, 5 Place Jules Janssen, Meudon 92195, France