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We have measured the velocities of strong laser-driven shocks in aluminum. Pressures of 0.6 and 1.8 TPa were produced by incident laser intensities of 8×{}10¹³ and 3×{}10¹⁴ W/cm². This is the first time that pressures this high have been inferred in a laboratory experiment.
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