Measurements of the Growth and Saturation of Electron Weibel Instability in Optical-Field Ionized Plasmas

Zhang, Chaojie; Hua, Jianfei; Wu, Yipeng; Fang, Yu; Ma, Yue; Zhang, Tianliang; Liu, Shuang; Peng, Bo; He, Yunxiao; Huang, Chen-Kang; Marsh, Ken A.; Mori, Warren B.; Lu, Wei; Joshi, Chan

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.125.255001

Measurements of the Growth and Saturation of Electron Weibel Instability in Optical-Field Ionized Plasmas

Journal Article · Fri Dec 18 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.125.255001· OSTI ID:1737458

^[1]; ^[2]; Wu, Yipeng ^[3]; Fang, Yu ^[2]; Ma, Yue ^[2]; Zhang, Tianliang ^[2]; Liu, Shuang ^[2]; Peng, Bo ^[2]; He, Yunxiao ^[2]; ^[3]; Marsh, Ken A. ^[3]; Mori, Warren B. ^[3]; Lu, Wei ^[2]; Joshi, Chan ^[3]

Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States); UCLA
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

The temporal evolution of the magnetic field associated with electron thermal Weibel instability in optical-field ionized plasmas is measured using ultrashort (1.8 ps), relativistic (45 MeV) electron bunches from a linear accelerator. The self-generated magnetic fields are found to self-organize into a quasistatic structure consistent with a helicoid topology within a few picoseconds and such a structure lasts for tens of picoseconds in underdense plasmas. Here, the measured growth rate agrees well with that predicted by the kinetic theory of plasmas taking into account collisions. Magnetic trapping is identified as the dominant saturation mechanism.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: NSF; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0010064

OSTI ID:: 1737458

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 25 Vol. 125; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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