Ion Radiography of Weibel Instability (IMAGE)

Institut national de la recherche scientifique - INRS

Ion Radiography of Weibel Instability

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Protons accelerated by laser-plasma interaction in a first target (left) pass through a second target, itself irradiated by another laser beam (middle and framed). The Weibel instability induced there by energetic electrons (blue trajectories) generates magnetic fluctuations that deflect the protons onto a series of sensitive films (right), producing an image of the resulting magnetic structures.

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David Tordeux

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