4 papers · 1 filter
Measurements of Laser-Driven Plasma Expansion into Hohlraum-Relevant Background Gas
S. Hilsabeck, S. Dannhoff, C. A. Walsh +3
Experiments at the OMEGA EP laser facility were designed and executed to study plasma expansion into hohlraum-relevant gas fills (0.3-0.6 mg/cc of helium), providing a surrogate pl…
Sustained interpenetrating plasma flows for the investigation of late time kinetic instability evolution
G. D. Sutcliffe, N. Vanderloo, C. Bruulsema +7
Sustained collisionless interpenetrating plasma flows have been generated on the OMEGA laser facility to enable direct investigation of nonlinear evolution of fields generated by e…
Weibel-mediated filamentary structures observed in the ICF context
C. Ruyer, S. Bolaños, P. E. Masson Laborde +16
In light of novel and past experimental results, we demonstrate how Weibel-mediated filamentary structures can develop in the expanding plasma plume of a laser-irradiated foil. The…
Biermann-battery driven magnetized collisionless shock precursors in laser produced plasmas
Timothy Johnson, Graeme Sutcliffe, Jacob Pearcy +14
This letter reports the first complete observation of magnetized collisionless shock precursors formed through the compression of Biermann-battery magnetic fields in laser produced…