The dynamics of aerosol-induced breakdown in air is described using a three-temperature nonequilibrium thermodynamic model of the air plasma and two-dimensional Lagrangian hydrodynamics. From a heated sphere of air used as the initial condition an expanding laser-supported absorption wave develops, provided a maintenance intensity-threshold criterion is met. The maintenance threshold is close to 6×106 W/cm2 for 10.6-μm radiation. Although the absorption wave develops a shock, it differs in important ways from a one-dimensional laser-supported detonation wave due to its two-dimensional character.
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