We report on the temporally and spatially resolved detection of the precursory stages that
lead to the formation of an unmagnetized, supercritical collisionless shock in a laser-driven …

We outline transient quasi-magnetostatic phenomena associated with Weibel-type
instabilities, mainly the formation and decay of the current filaments and sheets. We consider …

The self-similar expansion of multispecies ion plasma is investigated by a two-ion fluid
model with adiabatic equation of state for each ionic species. Our aim is to elucidate the …

We perform qualitative physical analysis and particle-in-cell two-dimensional numerical
simulation of the Weibel mechanism of magnetic-field generation due to the self-consistent …

We study with 1D PIC simulations the expansion of a dense plasma into a dilute one for
density ratios 2.5≤ α≤ 20. Both are unmagnetized and consist of electrons and protons …

The role of ion–ion acoustic instabilities in the formation and dissipation of collisionless
electrostatic shock waves driven by counter-streaming supersonic plasma flows has been …

The interaction and interpenetration of two counter-propagating plasma shocks are
investigated via hybrid fluid-PIC (particle-in-cell) simulations. This study seeks to probe the …

Nonrelativistic electrostatic unmagnetized shocks are frequently observed in laboratory
plasmas and they are likely to exist in astrophysical plasmas. Their maximum speed …

Formation and evolution of a density bump in an electrostatic shock wave during decay of a
discontinuity in a plasma characterized by the presence of hot electrons and a large drop in …

Ion acceleration in electrostatic collisionless shocks is driven by the interaction of the high-
power laser with specially tailored near-relativistic critical density plasma. 2D EPOCH …