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

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

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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.

Authors:

Dong, Quan -Li ^[1]; Yuan, Dawei ^[2];

^[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];

^[3]; Sheng, Zheng -Ming ^[5]; Zhang, Jie ^[5]

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

Publication Date:: 2016-05-01

Research Org.:: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

Contributing Org.:: 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 Identifier:: 1335170

Grant/Contract Number:: No DOE fund information in acknowledgements

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Physics. Conference Series

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 717; Conference: 9th International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications; Journal ID: ISSN 1742-6588

Publisher:: IOP Publishing

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY

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                    Dong, Quan -Li, Yuan, Dawei, Gao, Lan, Liu, Xun, Chen, Yangao, Jia, Qing, Hua, Neng, Qiao, Zhanfeng, Chen, Ming, Zhu, Baoqiang, Zhu, Jianqiang, Zhao, Gang, Ji, Hantao, Sheng, Zheng -Ming, and Zhang, Jie. Filamentation due to the Weibel instability in two counterstreaming laser ablated plasmas.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
        Web.  doi:10.1088/1742-6596/717/1/012061.

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                    Dong, Quan -Li, Yuan, Dawei, Gao, Lan, Liu, Xun, Chen, Yangao, Jia, Qing, Hua, Neng, Qiao, Zhanfeng, Chen, Ming, Zhu, Baoqiang, Zhu, Jianqiang, Zhao, Gang, Ji, Hantao, Sheng, Zheng -Ming, & Zhang, Jie. Filamentation due to the Weibel instability in two counterstreaming laser ablated plasmas.  United States.  doi:10.1088/1742-6596/717/1/012061.

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                    Dong, Quan -Li, Yuan, Dawei, Gao, Lan, Liu, Xun, Chen, Yangao, Jia, Qing, Hua, Neng, Qiao, Zhanfeng, Chen, Ming, Zhu, Baoqiang, Zhu, Jianqiang, Zhao, Gang, Ji, Hantao, Sheng, Zheng -Ming, and Zhang, Jie. Sun .  
        "Filamentation due to the Weibel instability in two counterstreaming laser ablated plasmas".  United States.  doi:10.1088/1742-6596/717/1/012061.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1335170.

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@article{osti_1335170,

  title        = {Filamentation due to the Weibel instability in two counterstreaming laser ablated plasmas},

  author       = {Dong, Quan -Li and Yuan, Dawei and Gao, Lan and Liu, Xun and Chen, Yangao and Jia, Qing and Hua, Neng and Qiao, Zhanfeng and Chen, Ming and Zhu, Baoqiang and Zhu, Jianqiang and Zhao, Gang and Ji, Hantao and Sheng, Zheng -Ming and Zhang, Jie},

  abstractNote = {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.},

  doi          = {10.1088/1742-6596/717/1/012061},

  journal      = {Journal of Physics. Conference Series},

  number       = ,

  volume       = 717,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2016},

  month        = {5}

}

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