Accretion shocks in the laboratory: Design of an experiment to study star formation
Abstract
Here, we present the design of a laboratory-astrophysics experiment to study magnetospheric accretion relevant to young, pre-main-sequence stars. Spectra of young stars show evidence of hotspots created when streams of accreting material impact the surface of the star and create shocks. The structures that form during this process are poorly understood, as the surfaces of young stars cannot be spatially resolved. Our experiment would create a scaled "accretion shock" at a major (several kJ) laser facility. The experiment drives a plasma jet (the "accretion stream") into a solid block (the "stellar surface"), in the presence of a parallel magnetic field analogous to the star's local field.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States); Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Programs (DP)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1786960
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1397409; OSTI ID: 1452683
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-RICE-2722-2
Journal ID: ISSN 1574-1818; TRN: US2210413
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0002722; NA0002956; NA0002719; R19071; NA0003527
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- High Energy Density Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 23; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1574-1818
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; 79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; Laboratory astrophysics; Star formation; Accretion; Shocks; Jets
Citation Formats
Young, Rachel P., Kuranz, Carolyn C., Drake, R. Paul, and Hartigan, Patrick. Accretion shocks in the laboratory: Design of an experiment to study star formation. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.hedp.2017.01.004.
Young, Rachel P., Kuranz, Carolyn C., Drake, R. Paul, & Hartigan, Patrick. Accretion shocks in the laboratory: Design of an experiment to study star formation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hedp.2017.01.004
Young, Rachel P., Kuranz, Carolyn C., Drake, R. Paul, and Hartigan, Patrick. Mon .
"Accretion shocks in the laboratory: Design of an experiment to study star formation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hedp.2017.01.004. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1786960.
@article{osti_1786960,
title = {Accretion shocks in the laboratory: Design of an experiment to study star formation},
author = {Young, Rachel P. and Kuranz, Carolyn C. and Drake, R. Paul and Hartigan, Patrick},
abstractNote = {Here, we present the design of a laboratory-astrophysics experiment to study magnetospheric accretion relevant to young, pre-main-sequence stars. Spectra of young stars show evidence of hotspots created when streams of accreting material impact the surface of the star and create shocks. The structures that form during this process are poorly understood, as the surfaces of young stars cannot be spatially resolved. Our experiment would create a scaled "accretion shock" at a major (several kJ) laser facility. The experiment drives a plasma jet (the "accretion stream") into a solid block (the "stellar surface"), in the presence of a parallel magnetic field analogous to the star's local field.},
doi = {10.1016/j.hedp.2017.01.004},
journal = {High Energy Density Physics},
number = 1,
volume = 23,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 13 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Mon Feb 13 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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