Abstract
Using femtosecond microscopy, we observe a thermal/ionization front expand radially at ~108cm/s from a λ2-size spot of an aluminum target excited at >1018W/cm2. Numerical modeling shows transport is predominantly radiative and may be initially nonlocal.
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