Perspectives on relativistic electron–positron pair plasma experiments of astrophysical relevance using high-power lasers

H Chen, F Fiuza - Physics of Plasmas, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The study of relativistic electron–positron pair plasmas is both of fundamental physics
interest and important to understand the processes that shape the magnetic field dynamics …

Laboratory evidence of Weibel magnetogenesis driven by temperature gradient using three-dimensional synchronous proton radiography

Z Zhao, S He, H An, Z Lei, Y Xie, W Yuan, J Jiao… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
The origin of the cosmic magnetic field remains an unsolved mystery, relying not only on
specific dynamo processes but also on the seed field to be amplified. Recently, the diffuse …

Observation of electromagnetic filamentary structures produced by the Weibel instability in laser-driven plasmas

GD Sutcliffe, PJ Adrian, JA Pearcy, TM Johnson… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
We present experimental observations of electron-scale structures in an expanding high-
energy-density (HED) plasma generated with a modest intensity $\sim 2\times 10^{14} …

Experimental evidence of early-time saturation of the ion-Weibel instability in counterstreaming plasmas of CH, Al, and Cu

MJE Manuel, MBP Adams, S Ghosh, FN Beg… - Physical Review E, 2022 - APS
The collisionless ion-Weibel instability is a leading candidate mechanism for the formation of
collisionless shocks in many astrophysical systems, where the typical distance between …

[HTML][HTML] Reconstructing magnetic deflections from sets of proton images using differential evolution

JM Levesque, LJ Beesley - Review of Scientific Instruments, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Proton imaging is a powerful technique for imaging electromagnetic fields within an
experimental volume, in which spatial variations in proton fluence are a result of deflections …

Iontová Deflektometrie v z-pinčovém Plazmatu

V Munzar - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Dynamics of z-pinches is strongly influenced by the distribution of conductive currents and B-
fields. However, the B-field measurement in the high energy density plasmas is, in practice …

Magnetized, Laser-Driven, Plasma Experiments at Astrophysically Relevant Conditions and Proton Imaging of Magnetic Fields

J Levesque - 2020 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
This thesis presents analysis relevant to two magnetized, astrophysically relevant
experimental campaigns that were performed at the OMEGA laser facility. The magnetic …