Filamentation due to the Weibel instability in two counterstreaming laser ablated plasmas

Journal Article · 30 April 2016 · Journal of Physics. Conference Series

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/717/1/012061 · OSTI ID:1335170

Dong, Quan -Li ^[1]; Yuan, Dawei ^[2]; Gao, Lan  ^[3]; Liu, Xun ^[2]; Chen, Yangao ^[3]; Jia, Qing ^[3]; Hua, Neng ^[4]; Qiao, Zhanfeng ^[4]; Chen, Ming ^[4]; Zhu, Baoqiang ^[4]; Zhu, Jianqiang ^[4]; Zhao, Gang ^[2]; Ji, Hantao  ^[3]; Sheng, Zheng -Ming ^[5]; Zhang, Jie ^[5]

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1. Ludong Univ., Yantai (China)
2. CAS, Beijing (China)
3. Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ (United States)
4. National Lab. on High Power Lasers and Physics, Shanghai (China)
5. Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai (China)

Weibel-type filamentation instability was observed in the interaction of two counter streaming laser ablated plasma flows, which were supersonic, collisionless, and closely relevant to astrophysical conditions. The plasma flows were created by irradiating a pair of oppositely standing plastic (CH) foils with 1ns-pulsed laser beams of total energy of 1.7 kJ in two laser spots. Finally, with characteristics diagnosed in experiments, the calculated features of Weibel-type filaments are in good agreement with measurements.

• Research Organization: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• Contributing Organization: School of Physics and Optoengineering, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, China; Institute of Physics, CAS, Beijing 100190, China; National Astronomical Observatories, CAS, Beijing 100012, China; National Laboratory on High Power Lasers and Physics, Shanghai, 201800, China
• OSTI ID: 1335170
• Alternate ID(s): OSTI ID: 22681273
• Journal Information: Journal of Physics. Conference Series, Journal Name: Journal of Physics. Conference Series Vol. 717; ISSN 1742-6588
• Publisher: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English