NLUF summary

Previous simulation setup:
​http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~shuleli/NLUF_sep/setup.png

Temperature setup:
0.026ev in the ambient, 0.0012ev in the target initially, 0.026~0.8ev in the ambient, 0.0012~0.3ev in the target after preheated by radiation). The Spitzer resistivity has a floor temperature: any temperature below 0.26ev (3000K), is treated as 0.26ev when calculating resistivity. This means that only after preheating, the hot end of the target will start to diffuse magnetic field.

​http://astrobear.pas.rochester.edu/trac/astrobear/attachment/blog/shuleli09072013/hydronew.png

Comparison animation for beta = 1, 10 and infinite:
​http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~shuleli/NLUF_sep/movieall.gif

AstroBEAR has resistivity implemented and calculates the amount of magnetic diffusion at every simulation cell given their density, temperature and ionization fraction. We have since obtained ionization table of Argon and SiO2 from Jaques at LLE (Z(rho,T)), and have implemented code to read the table and compute local resistivity with the correct Z value.
Other design suggestions: eliminate the backwall shock and put in an ablator in front (density wall)

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