Laser-produced plasmas as drivers of laboratory collisionless quasi-parallel shocks

Heuer, P. V.; Weidl, M. S.; Dorst, R. S.; Schaeffer, D. B.; Tripathi, S. K. P.; Vincena, S.; Constantin, C. G.; Niemann, C.; Winske, D.

doi:10.1063/1.5142396

Laser-produced plasmas as drivers of laboratory collisionless quasi-parallel shocks

Journal Article · Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5142396· OSTI ID:1608149

; Weidl, M. S.; Dorst, R. S.; ; ; ; Constantin, C. G.; ; Winske, D.

The creation of a repeatable collisionless quasi-parallel shock in the laboratory would provide a valuable platform for experimental studies of space and astrophysical shocks. However, conducting such an experiment presents substantial challenges. Scaling the results of hybrid simulations of quasi-parallel shock formation to the laboratory highlights the experimentally demanding combination of dense, fast, and magnetized background and driver plasmas required. One possible driver for such experiments is high-energy laser-produced plasmas (LPPs). Preliminary experiments at the University of California, Los Angeles, have explored LPPs as drivers of quasi-parallel shocks by combining the Phoenix Laser Laboratory [Niemann et al., J. Instrum. 7, P03010 (2012)] with a large plasma device [Gekelman et al., Rev. Sci. Instrum. 87, 025105 (2016)]. Beam instabilities and waves characteristic of the early stages of shock formation are observed, but spatial dispersion of the laser-produced plasma prematurely terminates the process. This result is illustrated by experimental measurements and Monte Carlo calculations of LPP density dispersion. The experimentally validated Monte Carlo model is then applied to evaluate several possible approaches to mitigating LPP dispersion in future experiments.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

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OSTI ID:: 1608149

Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Journal Name: Physics of Plasmas Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 27; ISSN 1070-664X

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