Collisionless Plasma Astrophysics Simulation Experiments using Lasers

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Apr 2006

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SUPERSTRONG FIELDS IN PLASMAS: Third International Conference on Superstrong Fields in Plasmas. AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol

Physics

Plasma Physics

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Plasma Production And Heating By Laser Beams, Shock Waves And Discontinuities, Laboratory Studies Of Space- And Astrophysical-Plasma Processes, Mhd Waves, Plasma Waves, Turbulence, Laser-Induced Magnetic Fields In Plasmas

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Laboratory experiment is an attractive method of exploring the plasma physics that may occur in solar and astrophysical shocks. An experiment enables repeated and detailed measurements of a plasma as the input conditions are adjusted. To form a scaled experiment of an astrophysical shock a plasma physics model of the shock is required, and the important dimensionless parameters identified and reproduced in the laboratory. A laboratory simulation of a young supernova remnant is described. The experiment uses the interaction of two millimetre-sized counter-streaming laser-produced plasmas placed in a strong transverse magnetic field to achieve this scaling. The collision-free dynamics of the two plasmas and their interaction are studied with and without the magnetic field through spatially and temporally resolved optical measurements. Laboratory astroplasma physics experiments using high-energy, high-power laser technology enables us to reproduce in the laboratory the conditions of temperature and pressure that are met in extreme stellar environments.

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