Generation of Collisionless Shocks by Laser-Plasma Piston in Magnetised Background: Experiment “BUW”

Authors

  • Yu.P. Zakharov
  • A.G. Ponomarenko
  • V.A. Terekhin
  • V.M. Antonov
  • E.L. Boyarintsev
  • A.V. Melekhov
  • V.G. Posukh
  • I.F. Shaikhislamov

Keywords:

laser, plasma, shock wave, magnetic field, collisionless interaction

Abstract

Theoretical basis and main results of the first successful large-scale, Laser-Plasma experiment “BUW”, on generation of Collisionless Shock Wave in magnetised Background Plasma, are presented. Our classic approach is based on the action of so called Magnetic Laminar Mechanism (or Larmor coupling) for collisionless interaction between interpenetrating super-Alfvenic plasma flows of Laser-Plasma and Background in transverse magnetic field.

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2012-08-10

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Vol. 1 No. 3 (2014)

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Copyright (c) 2012 Yu.P. Zakharov , A.G. Ponomarenko , V.A. Terekhin , V.M. Antonov , E.L. Boyarintsev , A.V. Melekhov, V.G. Posukh , I.F. Shaikhislamov

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