Collisionless shock experiments with lasers and observation of Weibel instabilities

Huntington, C. M.; Fiuza, F.; Levy, M. C.; Pollock, B. B.; Remington, B. A.; Ross, J. S.; Ryutov, D. D.; Turnbull, D. P.; Weber, S. V.; Drake, R. P.; Kuranz, C. C.; Froula, D. H.; Rosenberg, M.; Gregori, G.; Meinecke, J.; Koenig, M.; Kugland, N. L.; Lamb, D. Q.; Tzeferacos, P.; others, and

doi:10.1063/1.4920959

Title: Collisionless shock experiments with lasers and observation of Weibel instabilities

Journal Article · Fri May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4920959· OSTI ID:22410407

Huntington, C. M.; Fiuza, F.; Levy, M. C.; Pollock, B. B.; Remington, B. A.; Ross, J. S.; Ryutov, D. D.; Turnbull, D. P.; Weber, S. V. ^[1]; Drake, R. P.; Kuranz, C. C. ^[2]; Froula, D. H.; Rosenberg, M. ^[3]; Gregori, G.; Meinecke, J. ^[4]; Koenig, M. ^[5]; Kugland, N. L. ^[6]; Lamb, D. Q.; Tzeferacos, P. ^[7]; others, and

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550 (United States)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 (United States)
Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14636 (United States)
University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PU (United Kingdom)
LULI, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau (France)
Lam Research Corporation, Fremont, California 94538 (United States)
University of Chicago, Chicago, California 94538 (United States)

Astrophysical collisionless shocks are common in the universe, occurring in supernova remnants, gamma ray bursts, and protostellar jets. They appear in colliding plasma flows when the mean free path for ion-ion collisions is much larger than the system size. It is believed that such shocks could be mediated via the electromagnetic Weibel instability in astrophysical environments without pre-existing magnetic fields. Here, we present laboratory experiments using high-power lasers and investigate the dynamics of high-Mach-number collisionless shock formation in two interpenetrating plasma streams. Our recent proton-probe experiments on Omega show the characteristic filamentary structures of the Weibel instability that are electromagnetic in nature with an inferred magnetization level as high as ∼1% [C. M. Huntington et al., “Observation of magnetic field generation via the weibel instability in interpenetrating plasma flows,” Nat. Phys. 11, 173–176 (2015)]. These results imply that electromagnetic instabilities are significant in the interaction of astrophysical conditions.

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Journal Information:: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 22, Issue 5; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X

Country of Publication:: United States

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