Laboratory evidence of the nonresonant streaming instability in the formation of quasiparallel collisionless shocks at high Alfvénic Mach number
We present an experimental investigation of the formation stage of a collisionless shock when the flow velocity is aligned with an ambient magnetic field utilizing laser-driven, super-Alfvénic plasma flows. As the flows interact, electromagnetic streaming instabilities develop. Proton deflectometry is used to visualize these electromagnetic fluctuations indicating the development of the ion-Weibel instability and the nonresonant instability. Hybrid simulations also show growth of the nonresonant instability and suggest that it provides an efficient source of dissipation for a shock.
Authors
- A. Bogale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0601-1512)
- David Michta
- S. Bolaños (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9234-1210)
- M. Bailly-Grandvaux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7529-4013)
- M. J.-E. Manuel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5834-1161)
- Sallee Klein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3755-8617)
- Petros Tzeferacos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9042-6333)
- F. N. Beg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0391-8944)
- Damiano Caprioli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0939-8775)
Institutions
- University of Michigan (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
- Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living (US)
- University of Rochester (US)
- General Atomics (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. E
- Published
- 2024-09-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.110.l033201
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.33
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Office of Science
- Fusion Energy Sciences