Collision of Strongly Magnetized Jets Created by Hollow Ring of Laser Beams

POSTER

Abstract

We present results of the head-on collisions of two strongly magnetized jets each created by a hollow ring of 19 OMEGA laser beams. We will compare the structure and evolution of the magnetized shocks produced from different targets including pure CH, Fe-doped CH, and Iodine-doped CH. These results allow us to systematically study the effects of enhanced radiative cooling on strongly magnetized shocks. We will present data from proton radiography, Thomson scattering and X-ray framing camera, and compare them with 3D FLASH simulations.

*This work was supported by the National Laser Users' Facility Program supported by US Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration, under the Grant No. DE-NA0003942.

Presenters

  • Lan Gao

    • PPPL
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Authors

  • Lan Gao

    • PPPL
    • Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

  • Edison P Liang

    • Rice University

  • Brandon Cage

    • Rice University
    • rice university

  • sanya arora

    • Rice University
    • rice university

  • Russell K Follett

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics - Rochester
    • University of Rochester, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

  • Joseph D Katz

    • Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    • University of Rochester - Laboratory for Laser Energetics
    • University of Rochester

  • Hantao Ji

    • Princeton University

  • Richard D Petrasso

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Chikang Li

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT

  • Vladimir Glebov

    • Lab for Laser Energetics
    • University of Rochester