High-power laser experiments to study collisionless shock generation
Creators
- Sakawa, Y.1
- Kuramitsu, Y.1
- Morita, T.1
- Kato, T.2
- Tanji, H.3
- Ide, T.3
- Nishio, K.4
- Kuwada, M.4
- Tsubouchi, T.3
- Ide, H.1
- Norimatsu, T.1
- Gregory, C.5
- Woolsey, N.6
- Schaar, K.7
- Murphy, C.7
- Gregori, G.7
- Diziere, A.7
- Pelka, A.7
- Koenig, M.7
- Wang, S.8
- Dong, Q.8
- Li, Y.8
- Park, H. S.9
- Ross, S.9
- Kugland, N.9
- Ryutov, D.9
- Remington, B.9
- Spitkovsky, A.10
- Froula, D.11
- Takabe, H.1
- EPJ Web of Conferences, EDP Sciences, 17, Avenue du Hoggar, Parc d'Activite de Courtaboeuf, BP 112, F-91944 Les Ulis Cedex A (France)
- 1. Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6, Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871 (Japan)
- 2. Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima Univ., 1-3-1, Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526 (Japan)
- 3. Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, 2-1, Yamadaoka, Suita 565-0871 (Japan)
- 4. Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka 560-0043 (Japan)
- 5. Department of Physics, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3PU (United Kingdom)
- 6. Department of Physics, University of York, Heslington YO105DD (United Kingdom)
- 7. LULI Ecole Polytechnique, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex (France)
- 8. Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 (China)
- 9. Lawrence Livermore National Lab, 7000 East Ave, Livermore, CA 94550 (United States)
- 10. Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544 (United States)
- 11. Laboratory for Laser Energetics, 250 East River Road, Rochester, NY 14623 (United States)
Description
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. (authors)
Availability note (English)
Available from doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20135915001Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- EDP Sciences
- Imprint Place
- Les Ulis (France)
- ISBN
- 978-2-7598-1077-2
- Imprint Pagination
- (v.59) 5 p.
Conference
- Title
- 7. International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications
- Acronym
- IFSA 2011
- Dates
- 12-16 Sep 2011
- Place
- Bordeaux (France)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- France
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 45030156
- Subject category
- S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- INSTABILITY; LASERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PLASMA; PROTON RADIOGRAPHY; SIMULATION; THOMSON SCATTERING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; US NATIONAL IGNITION FACILITY
- Descriptors DEC
- INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY; INELASTIC SCATTERING; MATERIALS TESTING; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; SCATTERING; TESTING
Optional Information
- Notes
- 6 refs