Collisionless Shocks in a Large Magnetized Laser-Plasma Plume

Author

Niemann, Christoph ; Bondarenko, Anton S. ; Constantin, Carmen G. ; Everson, Erik T. ; Flippo, Kirk A. ; Gaillard, Sandrine A. ; Johnson, Randall P. ; Letzring, Samuel A. ; Montgomery, David S. ; Morton, Lucas A. ; Schaeffer, Derek B. ; Shimada, Tsutomu ;

Author_Institution

Univ. of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

39

Issue

11

fYear

2011

Firstpage

2406

Lastpage

2407

Abstract

Collisionless shock waves have been created in a large (~20 cm) magnetized laser-plasma plume using a pulsed Helmholtz coil and the unique three-beam capability of the Trident terawatt laser facility. A combination of sequential laser pulses creates, shocks, and probes a large magnetized plasma. The data show collisionless coupling between the super-Alfvénic laser blow-off cloud and the ambient plasma.

Keywords

plasma Alfven waves; plasma light propagation; plasma shock waves; Trident terawatt laser facility; ambient plasma condition; collisionless shock waves; magnetized laser-plasma plume; pulsed Helmholtz coil; sequential laser pulse; superAlfvenic laser blow-off cloud; Electric shock; Laser beams; Laser theory; Measurement by laser beam; Particle beams; Plasmas; Probes; Measurement by laser beam; plasma measurements; shock waves;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-3813

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPS.2011.2162007

Filename

5976466