Relativistic electron-positron plasma jets and interactions using LFEX lasers | Zendy

Jeremiah Williams | Zendy; Yasunobu Arikawa | Zendy; N. Lemos | Zendy; T. Ma | Zendy; D. Mariscal | Zendy; A. Morace | Zendy; Y. Sakawa | Zendy; F. Albert | Zendy; Shinsuke Fujioka | Zendy; Natsumi Iwata | Zendy; S. Jiang | Zendy; S. Kerr | Zendy; J. Kim | Zendy; A. Link | Zendy; Y. Sentoku | Zendy; S. C. Wilks | Zendy; M. Nakai | Zendy; Hui Chen | Zendy; A. Kemp | Zendy

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Relativistic electron-positron plasma jets and interactions using LFEX lasers

Author(s) -

Jeremiah Williams,

Yasunobu Arikawa,

N. Lemos,

T. Ma,

D. Mariscal,

A. Morace,

Y. Sakawa,

F. Albert,

Shinsuke Fujioka,

Natsumi Iwata,

S. Jiang,

S. Kerr,

J. Kim,

A. Link,

Y. Sentoku,

S. C. Wilks,

M. Nakai,

Hui Chen,

A. Kemp

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/1430999

Subject(s) - physics , plasma , relativistic plasma , electron , astrophysics , astrophysical jet , intergalactic travel , positron , laser , atomic physics , nuclear physics , active galactic nucleus , quantum mechanics , galaxy , redshift

Relativistic pair plasmas and jets are believed to exist in many astrophysical objects [Wardle 1998, Weidenspointner 2008] and are invoked to explain energetic phenomena related to Gamma Ray Bursts, Black Holes and the heating of intergalactic medium (IGM) [Mirabel & Rodriguez 1999, Meszaros 2002]. Although short lived, a laboratory source of relativistic pair plasma jets can be used as a surrogate to study the dynamics of pair jet-plasma interactions, such as the evolution of instabilities induced by relativistic pair slowing down in a neutral electron-ion plasma. This is directly applicable to quantifying the heating of the IGM by blazar-produced relativistic pairs and can test the theory that these “pair (jets) are expected to trigger collective plasma instabilities (as opposed to binary Coulomb collisions, that are negligible)” [Sironi & Giannios 2014].

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