@article{c2653bade1cc40a7b396b5f9fa27a489,
title = "Thomson scattering measurement of a shock in laser-produced counter-streaming plasmas",
abstract = "We report the first direct measurement of temporally and spatially resolved plasma temperatures at a shock as well as its spatial structure and propagation in laser-produced counter-streaming plasmas. Two shocks are formed in counter-streaming collisionless plasmas early in time, and they propagate opposite directions. This indicates the existence of counter-streaming collisionless flows to keep exciting the shocks, even though the collisional effects increase later in time. The shock images are observed with optical diagnostics, and the upstream and downstream plasma parameters of one of the shocks are measured using Thomson scattering technique.",
author = "T. Morita and Y. Sakawa and K. Tomita and T. Ide and Y. Kuramitsu and K. Nishio and K. Nakayama and K. Inoue and T. Moritaka and H. Ide and M. Kuwada and K. Tsubouchi and K. Uchino and H. Takabe",
note = "Funding Information: The authors acknowledge the dedicated technical support by the staff at Institute of Laser Engineering for the laser operation and target fabrication. We would also like to thank J. S. Ross, N. L. Kugland, and L. Biotti for their helpful comments and discussions. This research was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for JSPS fellows, JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers 21340172 and 24340141, and the joint research project of Institute of Laser Engineering.",
year = "2013",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1063/1.4821967",
language = "English",
volume = "20",
journal = "Physics of Plasmas",
issn = "1070-664X",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics Publising LLC",
number = "9",
}