Toward the generation of magnetized collisionless shocks with high-power lasers

Yoshitaka Shoji, Ryo Yamazaki, Sara Tomita, Yushiro Kawamura, Yutaka Ohira, Satoshi Tomiya, Yoichi Sakawa, Takayoshi Sano, Yukiko Hara, Sarana Kondo, Hiroshi Shimogawara, Shuichi Matsukiyo, Taichi Morita, Kentaro Tomita, Hitoki Yoneda, Kazunori Nagamine, Yasuhiro Kuramitsu, Toseo Moritaka, Naofumi Ohnishi, Takayuki UmedaHideaki Takabe

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Abstract

We have started a project of experimental generation of low Mach number collisionless shocks propagating into magnetized plasma, using high power lasers such as Gekko XII at Institute of laser engineering, Osaka University. We briefly present a result of our first experiments done in September 2014, in which Aluminum plane target was irradiated by main laser in ambient Helium gas with external magnetic field. Ejected Aluminum plasma had a bulk velocity of 430 km s-1, which is sufficient enough to excite the magnetized collisionless shock in our experimental setup. However, the ejected Aluminum plasma was decelerated before the shock was excited.

Original languageEnglish
Article number3401031-1
JournalPlasma and Fusion Research
Volume11
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Condensed Matter Physics

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