Numerical study of compression and heating of conical targets

This paper presents some results of two-dimensional calculations (using Euler variables) of conical targets, performed on the basis of the coservative variant of the grid characteristic method. The mathematical model of the physical processes occurring in the high temperature plasma includes absorption of external laser radiation, the hydrodynamic motion, electron thermal conductivity, and electronion collision relaxation. The basic system of two-dimensional non-steady-state equations for the two-temperature plasma is presented and supplemented by an equation for the mass concentration of one of the components of the two-component mixture of ideal gases.