Experimental Observation of a Current-Driven Instability in a Neutral Electron-Positron Beam

Warwick, J.; Dzelzainis, T.; Dieckmann, M. E.; Schumaker, W.; Doria, D.; Romagnani, L.; Poder, K.; Cole, J. M.; Alejo, A.; Yeung, M.; Krushelnick, K.; Mangles, S. P.  D.; Najmudin, Z.; Reville, B.; Samarin, G. M.; Symes, D. D.; Thomas, A. G.  R.; Borghesi, M.; Sarri, G.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.185002

Title: Experimental Observation of a Current-Driven Instability in a Neutral Electron-Positron Beam

Journal Article · Fri Nov 03 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.185002· OSTI ID:1410524

Warwick, J. ^[1]; Dzelzainis, T. ^[1]; Dieckmann, M. E. ^[2]; Schumaker, W. ^[3]; Doria, D. ^[1]; Romagnani, L. ^[4]; Poder, K. ^[5]; Cole, J. M. ^[5]; Alejo, A. ^[1]; Yeung, M. ^[1]; Krushelnick, K. ^[6]; Mangles, S. P. D. ^[5]; Najmudin, Z. ^[5]; Reville, B. ^[1]; Samarin, G. M. ^[1]; Symes, D. D. ^[7]; Thomas, A. G. R. ^[8]; Borghesi, M. ^[1]; Sarri, G. ^[1]

Queen's Univ., Belfast, Northern Ireland (United Kingdom). School of Mathematics and Physics
Linkoping Univ., Norrkoping (Sweden). Dept. of Science and Technology (ITN)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau (France). Lab. pour l'Utilisation des Lasers Intenses (LULI)
Imperial College London, London (United Kingdom). John Adams Inst. for Accelerator Science, Blackett Lab.
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Center for Ultrafast Optical Science
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Oxford (United Kingdom). Rutherford Appleton Lab. (RAL), Central Laser Facility
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Center for Ultrafast Optical Science; Lancaster Univ. (United Kingdom). Physics Dept.

Here, we report on the first experimental observation of a current-driven instability developing in a quasineutral matter-antimatter beam. Strong magnetic fields (≥ 1T) are measured, via means of a proton radiography technique, after the propagation of a neutral electron-positron beam through a background electron-ion plasma. The experimentally determined equipartition parameter of ε_B ≈ 10^-3 is typical of values inferred from models of astrophysical gamma-ray bursts, in which the relativistic flows are also expected to be pair dominated. The data, supported by particle-in-cell simulations and simple analytical estimates, indicate that these magnetic fields persist in the background plasma for thousands of inverse plasma frequencies. The existence of such long-lived magnetic fields can be related to analog astrophysical systems, such as those prevalent in lepton-dominated jets.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; EP/N-022696/1; EP/N-027175/1; EP/L-013975/1; EP/N-002644/1; EP/P-010059/1; NA-0002372; x-2016046960; NA0002372; x2016046960

OSTI ID:: 1410524

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1408181

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 119, Issue 18; ISSN 0031-9007

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