Published September 2011 | Version v1
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Collisionless shockwaves formed by counter-streaming laser-produced plasmas

Creators

  • 1. Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 (China)
  • 2. National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012 (China)
  • 3. Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, Beijing 100094 (China)
  • 4. Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, 2-6 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 5650871 (Japan)
  • 5. Laboratory for Quantum Optics, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 1045 Daedeok Street Yuseong-gu, Daejon 305353 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 6. Research Center for Laser Fusion, China Academy of Engineering Physics, Mianyang 621900 (China)

Description

The interaction between two counter-streaming laser-produced plasmas is investigated using the high-power Shenguang II laser facility. The shockwaves observed in our experiment are believed to be excited by collisionless mechanisms. The dimensionless parameters calculated with the results suggest that it is possible to scale the observation to the supernova remnants using transformation and similarity criteria.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/13/9/093001

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/1367-2630/13/9/093001;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
New Journal of Physics
Journal Volume
13
Journal Issue
9
Journal Page Range
[8 p.]
ISSN
1367-2630

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
43031501
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
INTERACTIONS; LASER-PRODUCED PLASMA; SHOCK WAVES; SUPERNOVA REMNANTS
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; PLASMA