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title: 'Shock-wave-induced cavitation of silicone oils'
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INTRODUCTION
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Liquids can be made to support significant tension despite the fact that they are in a non-equilibrium state at pressures below their vapor pressure. [@Trevena1987] Tension in the liquid is relieved through the nucleation and growth of vapor cavities in a process known as cavitation. Surface tension creates an energy barrier which must be overcome for cavitation bubbles growth to occur [@Fisher1948], thus allowing liquids to exist in a metastable state of tension equivalent to that of a superheated fluid. Cavitation bubbles typically form from heterogeneous nucleation sites, including free bubbles and bubbles attached to impurities within the liquid or at container walls. [@Kedrinskii2005] However, for sufficiently pure liquids or in cases where tension is applied to the liquid on a sufficiently short timescale, cavitation bubbles may nucleate from random molecular fluctuations in a process of homogeneous nucleation. [@Fisher1948; @Zeldovich1992; @Carlson1975; @Utkin2010]

The reflection of a shock wave from a free surface can momentarily place a liquid in a state of tension due to the interaction of the resulting reflected expansion front with an expansion front behind the shock. This highly dynamic phenomenon causes the liquid to be 