Collisionless Shocks Mediated by Shear-Flow Magnetic Fields in Ultraintense-Laser-Produced Counter-Streaming Plasmas

Jun-Yi Lu, Kai Wang, Jin-Long Jiao

The formation of ion-Weibel-mediated collisionless shocks (IW-CSs) in ultraintense-laser-produced counter-streaming plasmas is investigated using particle-in-cell simulations. Anal…