A one-dimensional model for a laser-ablated slab under acceleration
g is developed. A characteristic value
gc is found to separate two solutions:
Lower g values allow sonic or subsonic flow at the critical
surface; for higher g the sonic point approaches closer and
closer to the slab surface. A significant reduction in the ablation
pressure is found in comparison to the g = 0 case. A simple
dependence law between the ablation pressure and the slab acceleration,
from the initial value g0 to infinity, is
identified. Results compared well with fully hydrodynamic computer
simulations with Multi2D code. The model has also been found a key step
to produce indefinitely steady numerical solutions to study
Rayleigh–Taylor instabilities in heat ablation fronts, and
validate other theoretical analysis of the problem.