Supernova remnant simulation experiments on VULCAN

N. C. Woolsey; Y. Abou Ali; R. Evans; R. A. D. Grundy; S. J. Peschte; P. Carolan; N. Conway; R. O. Dendy; P. Helander; K. G. McClements; J. G. Kirk; Peter A. Norreys; M. M. Notley; S. J. Rose

doi:10.1117/12.425539

23 April 2001 Supernova remnant simulation experiments on VULCAN

N. C. Woolsey, Y. Abou Ali, R. Evans, R. A. D. Grundy, S. J. Peschte, P. Carolan, N. Conway, R. O. Dendy, P. Helander, K. G. McClements, J. G. Kirk, Peter A. Norreys, M. M. Notley, S. J. Rose

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Proceedings Volume 4424, ECLIM 2000: 26th European Conference on Laser Interaction with Matter; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.425539
Event: 26th European Conference on Laser Interaction with Matter (ECLIM 2000), 2000, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

The VULCAN laser at the Central Laser Facility has been used for laboratory simulations of collision-less astrophysical shocks. By ensuring that the experiment exhibit similar values of key dimension-less parameters to those in supernova remnants the hydrodynamics and magnetic field of the experiment are scaled to those of SNR. This enables some of the most challenging aspects of shock behavior to be tested directly against experiment. The experiments provide dat against which to test current theory. Collision-less shock formation, and plasma interaction of two counter- propagating colliding foils permeated by a strong magnetic field are discussed.

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N. C. Woolsey, Y. Abou Ali, R. Evans, R. A. D. Grundy, S. J. Peschte, P. Carolan, N. Conway, R. O. Dendy, P. Helander, K. G. McClements, J. G. Kirk, Peter A. Norreys, M. M. Notley, and S. J. Rose "Supernova remnant simulation experiments on VULCAN", Proc. SPIE 4424, ECLIM 2000: 26th European Conference on Laser Interaction with Matter, (23 April 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.425539

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