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Title: Experimental study of collisionless super-Alfvénic interaction of interpenetrating plasma flows

Abstract

An experiment on the interaction between an expanding super-Alfvénic laser-produced plasma flow and a magnetized background plasma under conditions in which the ion gyroradius is comparable with the characteristic scale length of magnetic field displacement is described. The depletion of the background plasma in a substantial volume and the formation of a large-amplitude compression pulse propagating with a super-Alfvénic velocity are revealed. The efficiency of energy conversion into perturbations of the background plasma was found to be 25%. Combined data from magnetic, electric, and plasma measurements indicate that the interaction occurs via the magnetic laminar mechanism.

Authors:
; ; ; ;  [1];  [2]
  1. Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Laser Physics, Siberian Branch (Russian Federation)
  2. Russian Federal Nuclear Center All-Russian Research Institute of Experimental Physics (Russian Federation)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22472337
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Plasma Physics Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 41; Journal Issue: 5; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2015 Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 1063-780X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; ALFVEN WAVES; AMPLITUDES; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPRESSION; DISTURBANCES; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA EXPANSION; VELOCITY

Citation Formats

Shaikhislamov, I. F., E-mail: ildars@ngs.ru, Zakharov, Yu. P., Posukh, V. G., Melekhov, A. V., Boyarintsev, E. L., Ponomarenko, A. G., and Terekhin, V. A. Experimental study of collisionless super-Alfvénic interaction of interpenetrating plasma flows. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1134/S1063780X15050050.
Shaikhislamov, I. F., E-mail: ildars@ngs.ru, Zakharov, Yu. P., Posukh, V. G., Melekhov, A. V., Boyarintsev, E. L., Ponomarenko, A. G., & Terekhin, V. A. Experimental study of collisionless super-Alfvénic interaction of interpenetrating plasma flows. United States. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X15050050
Shaikhislamov, I. F., E-mail: ildars@ngs.ru, Zakharov, Yu. P., Posukh, V. G., Melekhov, A. V., Boyarintsev, E. L., Ponomarenko, A. G., and Terekhin, V. A. 2015. "Experimental study of collisionless super-Alfvénic interaction of interpenetrating plasma flows". United States. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X15050050.
@article{osti_22472337,
title = {Experimental study of collisionless super-Alfvénic interaction of interpenetrating plasma flows},
author = {Shaikhislamov, I. F., E-mail: ildars@ngs.ru and Zakharov, Yu. P. and Posukh, V. G. and Melekhov, A. V. and Boyarintsev, E. L. and Ponomarenko, A. G. and Terekhin, V. A.},
abstractNote = {An experiment on the interaction between an expanding super-Alfvénic laser-produced plasma flow and a magnetized background plasma under conditions in which the ion gyroradius is comparable with the characteristic scale length of magnetic field displacement is described. The depletion of the background plasma in a substantial volume and the formation of a large-amplitude compression pulse propagating with a super-Alfvénic velocity are revealed. The efficiency of energy conversion into perturbations of the background plasma was found to be 25%. Combined data from magnetic, electric, and plasma measurements indicate that the interaction occurs via the magnetic laminar mechanism.},
doi = {10.1134/S1063780X15050050},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22472337}, journal = {Plasma Physics Reports},
issn = {1063-780X},
number = 5,
volume = 41,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}