Fig. 4

Plasma profiles from the hydrodynamic simulation. 2D distributions (\(r,z\)) of the plasma mass density (a, c) and temperature (b, d) on logarithmic scale obtained from the hydrodynamic simulation at the time of the laser pulse maximum (\(t=0\)) (a, b) and at the end of the laser pulse, \(t=300\ {\rm{ps}}\) (c, d)