Using X-ray spectroscopy of relativistic laser plasma interaction to reveal parametric decay instabilities: a modeling tool for astrophysics

E. Oks; E.  Dalimier; A. Ya Faenov; P. Angelo; S.A. Pikuz; E. Tubman; N.M.H. Butler; R.J. Dance; T.A. Pikuz; I. Yu. Skobelev; M.A.  Alkhimova; N. Booth; J. Green; C. Gregory; A. Andreev; A. Zhidkov; R. Kodama; P. McKenna; N. Woolsey

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Using X-ray spectroscopy of relativistic laser plasma interaction to reveal parametric decay instabilities: a modeling tool for astrophysics

E. Oks, E. Dalimier, A. Ya Faenov, P. Angelo, S.A. Pikuz, E. Tubman, N.M.H. Butler, R.J. Dance, T.A. Pikuz, I. Yu. Skobelev, M.A. Alkhimova, N. Booth, J. Green, C. Gregory, A. Andreev, A. Zhidkov, R. Kodama, P. McKenna, N. Woolsey

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By analyzing profiles of experimental x-ray spectral lines of Si XIV and Al XIII, we found that both Langmuir and ion acoustic waves developed in plasmas produced via irradiation of thin Si foils by relativistic laser pulses (intensities ~10^21 W/cm^2). We prove that these waves are due to the parametric decay instability (PDI). This is the first time that the PDI-induced ion acoustic turbulence was discovered by the x-ray spectroscopy in laser-produced plasmas. These conclusions are also supported by PIC simulations. Our results can be used for laboratory modeling of physical processes in astrophysical objects and a better understanding of intense laser-plasma interactions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1958-1972
Number of pages	15
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	25
Issue number	3
Early online date	25 Jan 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.001958
Publication status	Published - 6 Feb 2017

Keywords

x-ray spectral lines
femtosecond phenomena
spectroscopy
x-ray
plasmas
line shapes and shifts
parametric decay instability
ion acoustic turbulence
astrophysics

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Oks, E., Dalimier, E., Faenov, A. Y., Angelo, P., Pikuz, S. A., Tubman, E., Butler, N. M. H., Dance, R. J., Pikuz, T. A., Skobelev, I. Y., Alkhimova, M. A., Booth, N., Green, J., Gregory, C., Andreev, A., Zhidkov, A., Kodama, R., McKenna, P., & Woolsey, N. (2017). Using X-ray spectroscopy of relativistic laser plasma interaction to reveal parametric decay instabilities: a modeling tool for astrophysics. Optics Express, 25(3), 1958-1972. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.25.001958

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