X-ray Self-Emission Imaging of Hydrodynamic Laser-Induced Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

In this article, we present an overview of the application of X-ray self-emission methods for the imaging of hydrodynamic astrophysical phenomena in laboratory-scale experiments. Typical diagnostic approaches, their advantages, drawbacks, and application perspectives are considered. We show that X-ray imaging and spectroscopy methods with 2D and even 1D spatial resolution are valuable for numerous laboratory astrophysical problems. Furthermore, the methods revealed the hydrodynamic evolution, the spatial shape and structure, and spatial features of important parameters such as electron density and plasma temperature of astrophysical objects and related phenomena, which are also required for the verification of astrophysical models.