In this work we present experimental research related to laboratory astrophysics using an intense laser. The goal of these experiments is to investigate some of the complex features of young stellar objects and astrophysical outflows, in particular the plasma jet interaction with the interstellar medium. The relevance of these experiments to astrophysics is measured through similarity criteria (scaling laws). These ensure the similarity between the astrophysical object and the laboratory provided that the dimensionless numbers are equivalent. Consequently, measurements of the plasma parameters are crucial to link laboratory research to astrophysics as they are needed for the determination of these dimensionless numbers. In this context, we designed experiments to generate plasma jets using an intense laser, and to study the evolution in vacuum and in an ambient medium.
Propagation of laser-generated plasma jet in an ambient medium / Loupias, B.; Falize, E.; Gregory, C. D.; Vinci, T.; Pikuz, S.; Waugh, J.; Koenig, M.; Ravasio, A.; Nazarov, W.; Michaut, C.; Bouquet, S.; Kuramitsu, Y.; Seiichi, D.; Woolsey, N. C.; Sakawa, Y.; Takabe, H.; Schiavi, A.; Atzeni, Stefano. - In: PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION. - ISSN 0741-3335. - STAMPA. - 51:12(2009), p. 124027. (Intervento presentato al convegno 36th European-Physical-Society Conference on Plasma Physics tenutosi a Sofia, BULGARIA nel JUN 29-JUL 03, 2009) [10.1088/0741-3335/51/12/124027].
Propagation of laser-generated plasma jet in an ambient medium
A. Schiavi;ATZENI, Stefano
2009
Abstract
In this work we present experimental research related to laboratory astrophysics using an intense laser. The goal of these experiments is to investigate some of the complex features of young stellar objects and astrophysical outflows, in particular the plasma jet interaction with the interstellar medium. The relevance of these experiments to astrophysics is measured through similarity criteria (scaling laws). These ensure the similarity between the astrophysical object and the laboratory provided that the dimensionless numbers are equivalent. Consequently, measurements of the plasma parameters are crucial to link laboratory research to astrophysics as they are needed for the determination of these dimensionless numbers. In this context, we designed experiments to generate plasma jets using an intense laser, and to study the evolution in vacuum and in an ambient medium.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
