Weibel-instability-mediated collisionless shocks in the laboratory with ultraintense lasers

Frederico Fiúza; Ricardo Fonseca; John Tonge; Warren B. Mori; Luís Miguel Oliveira e Silva

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Weibel-instability-mediated collisionless shocks in the laboratory with ultraintense lasers

Frederico Fiúza (Fiuza, F.); Ricardo Fonseca (Fonseca, R. A.); John Tonge (Tonge, J. W.); Warren B. Mori (Mori, W. B.); Luís Miguel Oliveira e Silva (Silva, L. O.);

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Physical Review Letters

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2012

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English

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United States of America

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Abstract

The formation of nonrelativistic collisionless shocks in the laboratory with ultrahigh intensity lasers is studied via ab initio multidimensional particle-in-cell simulations. The microphysics behind shock formation and dissipation and the detailed shock structure are analyzed, illustrating that the Weibel instability plays a crucial role in the generation of strong subequipartition magnetic fields that isotropize the incoming flow and lead to the formation of a collisionless shock, similar to what occurs in astrophysical scenarios. The possibility of generating such collisionless shocks in the laboratory opens the way to the direct study of the physics associated with astrophysical shocks.

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Scopus (source: Ciência_Iscte)	2-s2.0-84862181119
Other ID (source: ORCID)	cv-prod-id-852128
DOI (source: author)	10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.235004
WoS (source: Ciência_Iscte)	WOS:000305032100015
WoS (source: author)	000305032100015
Scopus (source: author)	2-s2.0-84862181119
Ciência_Iscte ID	ci-pub-11204
Handle (source: Ciência-IUL)	http://hdl.handle.net/10071/7101

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Online Publication Year	2012
Publisher	American Physical Society
Indexes	Web of Science©; Scopus;
ISSN	0031-9007 (print) 1079-7114 (online)
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Impact Factor	7.370
Volume	108	Number	23
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Article Number	235004
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Peer Reviewed	Yes
Dissemination Mean	Both (printed and digital)
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