Generation and Evolution of High-Mach-Number Laser-Driven Magnetized Collisionless Shocks in the Laboratory
Abstract
Here, we present the first laboratory generation of high-Mach-number magnetized collisionless shocks created through the interaction of an expanding laser-driven plasma with a magnetized ambient plasma. Time-resolved, two-dimensional imaging of plasma density and magnetic fields shows the formation and evolution of a supercritical shock propagating at magnetosonic Mach number Mms ≈ 12. Particle-in-cell simulations constrained by experimental data further detail the shock formation and separate dynamics of the multi-ion-species ambient plasma. The results show that the shocks form on time scales as fast as one gyroperiod, aided by the efficient coupling of energy, and the generation of a magnetic barrier between the piston and ambient ions. The development of this experimental platform complements present remote sensing and spacecraft observations, and opens the way for controlled laboratory investigations of high-Mach number collisionless shocks, including the mechanisms and efficiency of particle acceleration.
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[5];
- Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States)
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ (United States); Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1395788
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1369590
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0002731; SC0008655; SC0016249; AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 119; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; electron acceleration; plasma; expansion; field; model; wave
Citation Formats
Schaeffer, D. B., Fox, W., Haberberger, D., Fiksel, G., Bhattacharjee, A., Barnak, D. H., Hu, S. X., and Germaschewski, K. Generation and Evolution of High-Mach-Number Laser-Driven Magnetized Collisionless Shocks in the Laboratory. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.025001.
Schaeffer, D. B., Fox, W., Haberberger, D., Fiksel, G., Bhattacharjee, A., Barnak, D. H., Hu, S. X., & Germaschewski, K. Generation and Evolution of High-Mach-Number Laser-Driven Magnetized Collisionless Shocks in the Laboratory. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.025001
Schaeffer, D. B., Fox, W., Haberberger, D., Fiksel, G., Bhattacharjee, A., Barnak, D. H., Hu, S. X., and Germaschewski, K. Thu .
"Generation and Evolution of High-Mach-Number Laser-Driven Magnetized Collisionless Shocks in the Laboratory". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.025001. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1395788.
@article{osti_1395788,
title = {Generation and Evolution of High-Mach-Number Laser-Driven Magnetized Collisionless Shocks in the Laboratory},
author = {Schaeffer, D. B. and Fox, W. and Haberberger, D. and Fiksel, G. and Bhattacharjee, A. and Barnak, D. H. and Hu, S. X. and Germaschewski, K.},
abstractNote = {Here, we present the first laboratory generation of high-Mach-number magnetized collisionless shocks created through the interaction of an expanding laser-driven plasma with a magnetized ambient plasma. Time-resolved, two-dimensional imaging of plasma density and magnetic fields shows the formation and evolution of a supercritical shock propagating at magnetosonic Mach number Mms ≈ 12. Particle-in-cell simulations constrained by experimental data further detail the shock formation and separate dynamics of the multi-ion-species ambient plasma. The results show that the shocks form on time scales as fast as one gyroperiod, aided by the efficient coupling of energy, and the generation of a magnetic barrier between the piston and ambient ions. The development of this experimental platform complements present remote sensing and spacecraft observations, and opens the way for controlled laboratory investigations of high-Mach number collisionless shocks, including the mechanisms and efficiency of particle acceleration.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.025001},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 2,
volume = 119,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jul 13 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Thu Jul 13 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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