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Titolo: | Laboratory evidence for proton energization by collisionless shock surfing | Autori: | Yao, W. Fazzini, A. Chen, S. N. Burdonov, K. Antici, P. Béard, J. Bolaños, S. Ciardi, A. Diab, R. Filippov, E. D. Kisyov, S. Lelasseux, V. Miceli, Marco Moreno, Q. Nastasa, V. ORLANDO, Salvatore Pikuz, S. Popescu, D. C. Revet, G. Ribeyre, X. d’Humières, E. Fuchs, J. |
Data pubblicazione: | 2021 | Rivista: | NATURE PHYSICS | Numero: | 17 | Fascicolo: | 10 | Da pagina:: | 1177 | Abstract: | Charged particles can be accelerated to high energies by collisionless shock waves in astrophysical environments, such as supernova remnants. By interacting with the magnetized ambient medium, these shocks can transfer energy to particles. Despite increasing efforts in the characterization of these shocks from satellite measurements at Earth’s bow shock as well as powerful numerical simulations, the underlying acceleration mechanism or a combination thereof is still widely debated. Here we show that astrophysically relevant super-critical quasi-perpendicular magnetized collisionless shocks can be produced and characterized in the laboratory. We observe the characteristics of super-criticality in the shock profile as well as the energization of protons picked up from the ambient gas to hundreds of kiloelectronvolts. Kinetic simulations modelling the laboratory experiment identified shock surfing as the proton acceleration mechanism. Our observations not only provide direct evidence of early-stage ion energization by collisionless shocks but also highlight the role played by this particular mechanism in energizing ambient ions to feed further stages of acceleration. Furthermore, our results open the door to future laboratory experiments investigating the possible transition to other mechanisms, when increasing the magnetic field strength, or the effect that induced shock front ripples could have on acceleration processes. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/32108 | URL: | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-021-01325-w | ISSN: | 1745-2473 | DOI: | 10.1038/s41567-021-01325-w | Bibcode ADS: | 2021NatPh..17.1177Y | Fulltext: | open |
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