Experimental study of subcritical laboratory magnetized collisionless shocks using a laser-driven magnetic piston
Abstract
Recent experiments at the University of California, Los Angeles have successfully generated subcritical magnetized collisionless shocks, allowing new laboratory studies of shock formation relevant to space shocks. The characteristics of these shocks are compared with new data in which no shock or a pre-shock formed. The results are consistent with theory and 2D hybrid simulations and indicate that the observed shock or shock-like structures can be organized into distinct regimes by coupling strength. With additional experiments on the early time parameters of the laser plasma utilizing Thomson scattering, spectroscopy, and fast-gate filtered imaging, these regimes are found to be in good agreement with theoretical shock formation criteria.
- Authors:
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[1]
- Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1493543
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1421252
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-15-26960
Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
- Grant/Contract Number:
- 89233218CNA000001; HDTRA1-12-1-0024; SC0006538; NA0001995; 1414591
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physics of Plasmas
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 22; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; Thomson scattering; Spectroscopy; Plasma confinement; Laser ablation; Magnetic devices Fluid mechanics; Magnetohydrodynamics; Shock waves; Plasma heating; Magnetic fields
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Schaeffer, D. B., Everson, E. T., Bondarenko, A. S., Clark, S. E., Constantin, C. G., Winske, D., Gekelman, W., and Niemann, C. Experimental study of subcritical laboratory magnetized collisionless shocks using a laser-driven magnetic piston. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1063/1.4934983.
Schaeffer, D. B., Everson, E. T., Bondarenko, A. S., Clark, S. E., Constantin, C. G., Winske, D., Gekelman, W., & Niemann, C. Experimental study of subcritical laboratory magnetized collisionless shocks using a laser-driven magnetic piston. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4934983
Schaeffer, D. B., Everson, E. T., Bondarenko, A. S., Clark, S. E., Constantin, C. G., Winske, D., Gekelman, W., and Niemann, C. Tue .
"Experimental study of subcritical laboratory magnetized collisionless shocks using a laser-driven magnetic piston". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4934983. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1493543.
@article{osti_1493543,
title = {Experimental study of subcritical laboratory magnetized collisionless shocks using a laser-driven magnetic piston},
author = {Schaeffer, D. B. and Everson, E. T. and Bondarenko, A. S. and Clark, S. E. and Constantin, C. G. and Winske, D. and Gekelman, W. and Niemann, C.},
abstractNote = {Recent experiments at the University of California, Los Angeles have successfully generated subcritical magnetized collisionless shocks, allowing new laboratory studies of shock formation relevant to space shocks. The characteristics of these shocks are compared with new data in which no shock or a pre-shock formed. The results are consistent with theory and 2D hybrid simulations and indicate that the observed shock or shock-like structures can be organized into distinct regimes by coupling strength. With additional experiments on the early time parameters of the laser plasma utilizing Thomson scattering, spectroscopy, and fast-gate filtered imaging, these regimes are found to be in good agreement with theoretical shock formation criteria.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4934983},
journal = {Physics of Plasmas},
number = 11,
volume = 22,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}
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