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Measurements of Extended Magnetic Fields in Laser-Solid Interaction
J. Griff-McMahon, S. Malko, V. Valenzuela-Villaseca +5
Magnetic fields generated from a laser-foil interaction are measured with high fidelity using a proton radiography scheme with in situ x-ray fiducials. In contrast to prior finding…
Recovering non-Maxwellian particle velocity distribution functions from collective Thomson-scattered spectra
Bryan C. Foo, Derek B. Schaeffer, Peter V. Heuer
Collective optical Thomson scattering (TS) is a diagnostic commonly used to characterize plasma parameters. These parameters are typically extracted by a fitting algorithm that min…
Strong collisionless coupling between an unmagnetized driver plasma and a magnetized background plasma
Filipe D. Cruz, Derek. B. Schaeffer, Fábio Cruz +1
Fast-exploding plasmas traveling though magnetized, collisionless plasmas can occur in a variety of physical systems, such as supernova remnants, coronal mass ejections, and laser-…
Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence Mapping of a Carbon Laser Produced Plasma
R. S. Dorst, C. G. Constantin, D. B. Schaeffer +2
We present measurements of ion velocity distribution profiles obtained by laser induced fluorescence (LIF) on an explosive laser produced plasma (LPP). The spatio-temporal evolutio…
A novel kinetic mechanism for the onset of fast magnetic reconnection and plasmoid instabilities in collisionless plasmas
W. Fox, G. Fiksel, D. B. Schaeffer +9
Magnetic reconnection can explosively release magnetic energy when opposing magnetic fields merge and annihilate through a current sheet, driving plasma jets and accelerating non-t…