High-power laser experiments to study collisionless shock generation

  • Y. Sakawa
  • , Y. Kuramitsu
  • , T. Morita
  • , T. Kato
  • , H. Tanji
  • , T. Ide
  • , K. Nishio
  • , M. Kuwada
  • , T. Tsubouchi
  • , H. Ide
  • , T. Norimatsu
  • , C. Gregory
  • , N. Woolsey
  • , K. Schaar
  • , C. Murphy
  • , G. Gregori
  • , A. Diziere
  • , A. Pelka
  • , M. Koenig
  • , S. Wang
  • Q. Dong, Y. Li, H. S. Park, S. Ross, N. Kugland, D. Ryutov, B. Remington, Anatoly Spitkovsky, D. Froula, H. Takabe

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Abstract

A collisionless Weibel-instability mediated shock in a self-generated magnetic field is studied using two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation [Kato and Takabe, Astophys. J. Lett. 681, L93 (2008)]. It is predicted that the generation of the Weibel shock requires to use NIF-class high-power laser system. Collisionless electrostatic shocks are produced in counter-streaming plasmas using Gekko XII laser system [Kuramitsu et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 175002 (2011)]. A NIF facility time proposal is approved to study the formation of the collisionless Weibel shock. OMEGA and OMEGA EP experiments have been started to study the plasma conditions of counter-streaming plasmas required for the NIF experiment using Thomson scattering and to develop proton radiography diagnostics.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationIFSA 2011 - 7th International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event7th International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications, IFSA 2011 - Bordeaux, France
Duration: Sep 12 2011Sep 16 2011

Publication series

NameEPJ Web of Conferences
Volume59
ISSN (Print)2101-6275
ISSN (Electronic)2100-014X

Other

Other7th International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications, IFSA 2011
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityBordeaux
Period9/12/119/16/11

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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