High-power laser experiment forming a supercritical collisionless shock in a magnetized uniform plasma at rest

R. Yamazaki; S. Matsukiyo; T. Morita; S. J. Tanaka; T. Umeda; K. Aihara; M. Edamoto; S. Egashira; R. Hatsuyama; T. Higuchi; T. Hihara; Y. Horie; M. Hoshino; A. Ishii; N. Ishizaka; Y. Itadani; T. Izumi; S. Kambayashi; S. Kakuchi; N. Katsuki; R. Kawamura; Y. Kawamura; S. Kisaka; T. Kojima; A. Konuma; R. Kumar; T. Minami; I. Miyata; T. Moritaka; Y. Murakami; K. Nagashima; Y. Nakagawa; T. Nishimoto; Y. Nishioka; Y. Ohira; N. Ohnishi; M. Ota; N. Ozaki; T. Sano; K. Sakai; S. Sei; J. Shiota; Y. Shoji; K. Sugiyama; D. Suzuki; M. Takagi; H. Toda; S. Tomita; S. Tomiya; H. Yoneda; T. Takezaki; K. Tomita; Y. Kuramitsu; Y. Sakawa

doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.105.025203

High-power laser experiment forming a supercritical collisionless shock in a magnetized uniform plasma at rest

R. Yamazaki, S. Matsukiyo, T. Morita, S. J. Tanaka, T. Umeda, K. Aihara, M. Edamoto, S. Egashira, R. Hatsuyama, T. Higuchi, T. Hihara, Y. Horie, M. Hoshino, A. Ishii, N. Ishizaka, Y. Itadani, T. Izumi, S. Kambayashi, S. Kakuchi, N. KatsukiR. Kawamura, Y. Kawamura, S. Kisaka, T. Kojima, A. Konuma, R. Kumar, T. Minami, I. Miyata, T. Moritaka, Y. Murakami, K. Nagashima, Y. Nakagawa, T. Nishimoto, Y. Nishioka, Y. Ohira, N. Ohnishi, M. Ota, N. Ozaki, T. Sano, K. Sakai, S. Sei, J. Shiota, Y. Shoji, K. Sugiyama, D. Suzuki, M. Takagi, H. Toda, S. Tomita, S. Tomiya, H. Yoneda, T. Takezaki, K. Tomita, Y. Kuramitsu, Y. Sakawa

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We present an experimental method to generate quasiperpendicular supercritical magnetized collisionless shocks. In our experiment, ambient nitrogen (N) plasma is at rest and well magnetized, and it has uniform mass density. The plasma is pushed by laser-driven ablation aluminum (Al) plasma. Streaked optical pyrometry and spatially resolved laser collective Thomson scattering clarify structures of plasma density and temperatures, which are compared with one-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations. It is indicated that just after the laser irradiation, the Al plasma is magnetized by a self-generated Biermann battery field, and the plasma slaps the incident N plasma. The compressed external field in the N plasma reflects N ions, leading to counterstreaming magnetized N flows. Namely, we identify the edge of the reflected N ions. Such interacting plasmas form a magnetized collisionless shock.

Original language	English
Article number	025203
Journal	Physical Review E
Volume	105
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.105.025203
Publication status	Published - Feb 2022

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Yamazaki, R., Matsukiyo, S., Morita, T., Tanaka, S. J., Umeda, T., Aihara, K., Edamoto, M., Egashira, S., Hatsuyama, R., Higuchi, T., Hihara, T., Horie, Y., Hoshino, M., Ishii, A., Ishizaka, N., Itadani, Y., Izumi, T., Kambayashi, S., Kakuchi, S., ... Sakawa, Y. (2022). High-power laser experiment forming a supercritical collisionless shock in a magnetized uniform plasma at rest. Physical Review E, 105(2), Article 025203. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.105.025203

Yamazaki, R, Matsukiyo, S , Morita, T, Tanaka, SJ, Umeda, T, Aihara, K, Edamoto, M, Egashira, S, Hatsuyama, R, Higuchi, T, Hihara, T, Horie, Y, Hoshino, M, Ishii, A, Ishizaka, N, Itadani, Y, Izumi, T, Kambayashi, S, Kakuchi, S, Katsuki, N, Kawamura, R, Kawamura, Y, Kisaka, S, Kojima, T, Konuma, A, Kumar, R, Minami, T, Miyata, I, Moritaka, T, Murakami, Y, Nagashima, K, Nakagawa, Y, Nishimoto, T, Nishioka, Y, Ohira, Y, Ohnishi, N, Ota, M, Ozaki, N, Sano, T, Sakai, K, Sei, S, Shiota, J, Shoji, Y, Sugiyama, K, Suzuki, D, Takagi, M, Toda, H, Tomita, S, Tomiya, S, Yoneda, H, Takezaki, T, Tomita, K, Kuramitsu, Y & Sakawa, Y 2022, 'High-power laser experiment forming a supercritical collisionless shock in a magnetized uniform plasma at rest', Physical Review E, vol. 105, no. 2, 025203. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.105.025203

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