On the generation of magnetized collisionless shocks in the large plasma device
Abstract
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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- 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)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1416511
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1363694
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-734345
Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X; PHPAEN; TRN: US1800947
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344; SC0006538; NA0001995
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physics of Plasmas
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 24; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION
Citation Formats
Schaeffer, D. B., Winske, D., Larson, D. J., Cowee, M. M., Constantin, C. G., Bondarenko, A. S., Clark, S. E., and Niemann, C. On the generation of magnetized collisionless shocks in the large plasma device. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4978882.
Schaeffer, D. B., Winske, D., Larson, D. J., Cowee, M. M., Constantin, C. G., Bondarenko, A. S., Clark, S. E., & Niemann, C. On the generation of magnetized collisionless shocks in the large plasma device. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4978882
Schaeffer, D. B., Winske, D., Larson, D. J., Cowee, M. M., Constantin, C. G., Bondarenko, A. S., Clark, S. E., and Niemann, C. Wed .
"On the generation of magnetized collisionless shocks in the large plasma device". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4978882. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1416511.
@article{osti_1416511,
title = {On the generation of magnetized collisionless shocks in the large plasma device},
author = {Schaeffer, D. B. and Winske, D. and Larson, D. J. and Cowee, M. M. and Constantin, C. G. and Bondarenko, A. S. and Clark, S. E. and Niemann, C.},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4978882},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 4,
volume = 24,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 22 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Mar 22 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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