Developed turbulence and nonlinear amplification of magnetic fields in laboratory and astrophysical plasmas. by Meinecke, J, Tzeferacos, P, Bell, A, Bingham, R, Clarke, R, Churazov, E, Crowston, R, Doyle, H, Drake, R, Heathcote, R, Koenig, M, Kuramitsu, Y, Kuranz, C, Lee, D, MacDonald, M, Murphy, C, Notley, M, Park, H, Pelka, A, Ravasio, A, Reville, B, Sakawa, Y, Wan, W, Woolsey, N, Yurchak, R, Miniati, F, Schekochihin, A, Lamb, D, Gregori, G

Thomson scattering measurement of a collimated plasma jet generated by a high-power laser system by Ishikawa, T, Sakawa, Y, Morita, T, Yamaura, Y, Kuramitsu, Y, Moritaka, T, Sano, T, Shimoda, R, Tomita, K, Uchino, K, Matsukiyo, S, Mizuta, A, Ohnishi, N, Crowston, R, Woolsey, N, Doyle, H, Gregori, G, Koenig, M, Michaut, C, Pelka, A, Yuan, D, Li, Y, Zhang, K, Zhong, J, Wang, F, Takabe, H

“…We have been investigating a model experiment to simulate astrophysical plasma jets with an external magnetic field [Nishio et al., EPJ. …”

Spherical shock in the presence of an external magnetic field by Kuramitsu, Y, Matsukiyo, S, Isayama, S, Harada, D, Oyama, T, Fujino, R, Sakawa, Y, Morita, T, Yamaura, Y, Ishikawa, T, Moritaka, T, Sano, T, Tomita, K, Shimoda, R, Sato, Y, Uchino, K, Pelka, A, Crowston, R, Woolsey, N, Gregori, G, Koenig, M, Yuan, D, Yin, C, Li, Y, Zhang, K, Zhong, J, Wang, F, Ohnishi, N, Nagamine, K, Yoneda, H, Takabe, H

“…Since the local observations of magnetic fields in astrophysical plasmas are not accessible, laboratory experiments provide unique capability to investigate such phenomena. …”

Visualizing electromagnetic fields in laser-produced counter-streaming plasma experiments for collisionless shock laboratory astrophysics by Kugland, N, Ross, J, Chang, P, Drake, R, Fiksel, G, Froula, D, Glenzer, S, Gregori, G, Grosskopf, M, Huntington, C, Koenig, M, Kuramitsu, Y, Kuranz, C, Levy, M, Liang, E, Martinez, D, Meinecke, J, Miniati, F, Morita, T, Pelka, A, Plechaty, C, Presura, R, Ravasio, A, Remington, B, Reville, B

“…Collisionless shocks are often observed in fast-moving astrophysical plasmas, formed by non-classical viscosity that is believed to originate from collective electromagnetic fields driven by kinetic plasma instabilities. …”

Studying astrophysical collisionless shocks with counterstreaming plasmas from high power lasers by Park, H, Ryutov, D, Ross, J, Kugland, N, Glenzer, S, Plechaty, C, Pollaine, S, Remington, B, Spitkovsky, A, Gargate, L, Gregori, G, Bell, A, Murphy, C, Sakawa, Y, Kuramitsu, Y, Morita, T, Takabe, H, Froula, D, Fiksel, G, Miniati, F, Koenig, M, Ravasio, A, Pelka, A, Liang, E, Woolsey, N

“…Because of the low density of astrophysical plasmas, the mean free path due to Coulomb collisions is typically very large. …”