TY - JOUR
T1 - Collisionless shockwave generation in counter-streaming plasmas using Gekko XII HIPER laser
AU - Ide, Takao
AU - Sakawa, Youichi
AU - Kuramitsu, Yasuhiro
AU - Morita, Taichi
AU - Tanji, Hiroki
AU - Nishio, Kento
AU - Kato, Tsunehiko
AU - Ohnishi, Naofumi
AU - Gregory, Christopher D.
AU - Woolsey, Nigel
AU - Diziere, Alexandra
AU - Koenig, Michel
AU - Wang, Shoujun
AU - Dong, Quanli
AU - Li, Yutong
AU - Takabe, Hideaki
PY - 2011/12/1
Y1 - 2011/12/1
N2 - Collisionless shock wave generation in counter-streaming plasmas for several target materials (Al, C, Cu, and Pb) is investigated using a high-power laser system. Counter-streaming plasmas are produced by irradiating an inner surface of a double-plane target. For Al, C, and Pb, a shock wave is observed in self-emission measurements similar to the previous experiment using a CH target [Y. Kuramitsu et al., J. Phys.: Conf. Series. 24, 042008 (2010)], and the width of the transition region is much shorter than the ion-ion collision mean-free-paths. The mean-free-paths tend to be longer for heavier materials, because the ionization degrees Z are not so different among these materials.
AB - Collisionless shock wave generation in counter-streaming plasmas for several target materials (Al, C, Cu, and Pb) is investigated using a high-power laser system. Counter-streaming plasmas are produced by irradiating an inner surface of a double-plane target. For Al, C, and Pb, a shock wave is observed in self-emission measurements similar to the previous experiment using a CH target [Y. Kuramitsu et al., J. Phys.: Conf. Series. 24, 042008 (2010)], and the width of the transition region is much shorter than the ion-ion collision mean-free-paths. The mean-free-paths tend to be longer for heavier materials, because the ionization degrees Z are not so different among these materials.
KW - Colissionless shock
KW - Laboratory astrophysics
KW - Laser plasma
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U2 - 10.1585/pfr.6.2402057
DO - 10.1585/pfr.6.2402057
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84861114563
SN - 1880-6821
VL - 6
JO - Plasma and Fusion Research
JF - Plasma and Fusion Research
IS - 1 SPECIAL ISSUE
M1 - 2402057
ER -