On the generation of magnetized collisionless shocks in the large plasma device

Schaeffer, D. B.; Winske, D.; Larson, D. J.; Cowee, M. M.; Constantin, C. G.; Bondarenko, A. S.; Clark, S. E.; Niemann, C.

doi:10.1063/1.4978882

On the generation of magnetized collisionless shocks in the large plasma device

Journal Article · Wed Mar 22 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4978882· OSTI ID:1416511

Schaeffer, D. B. ^[1]; Winske, D. ^[2]; ^[3]; ^[2]; Constantin, C. G. ^[1]; Bondarenko, A. S. ^[1]; Clark, S. E. ^[1]; ^[1]

Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Collisionless shocks are common phenomena in space and astrophysical systems, and in many cases, the shocks can be modeled as the result of the expansion of a magnetic piston though a magnetized ambient plasma. Only recently, however, have laser facilities and diagnostic capabilities evolved sufficiently to allow the detailed study in the laboratory of the microphysics of piston-driven shocks. We review experiments on collisionless shocks driven by a laser-produced magnetic piston undertaken with the Phoenix laser laboratory and the Large Plasma Device at the University of California, Los Angeles. The experiments span a large parameter space in laser energy, background magnetic field, and ambient plasma properties that allow us to probe the physics of piston-ambient energy coupling, the launching of magnetosonic solitons, and the formation of subcritical shocks. Here, the results indicate that piston-driven magnetized collisionless shocks in the laboratory can be characterized with a small set of dimensionless formation parameters that place the formation process in an organized and predictive framework.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344; NA0001995; SC0006538

OSTI ID:: 1416511

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1363694

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL--734345

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 24; ISSN PHPAEN; ISSN 1070-664X

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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