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

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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.

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