A two-dimensional (2D) multigroup radiation transfer hydrodynamics
code LARED-R-1 is used to simulate a supersonic wave experiment performed
earlier by the Livermore group. The main result is that, contrary to the
conclusion of Back et al. (2000a), the average-atom opacity model is
sufficient to explain the obtained experimental results, provided that an
adequate description of the radiation transport was used. The simulation
results from LARED-R-1 show the spectrum of radiation in foam with radius
and length of several optical depths is not in Planckian distribution and
the angular intensity distribution is anisotropic.
