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Interaction between electrostatic collisionless shocks generates strong magnetic fields. / Boella, Elisabetta; Schoeffler, Kevin Michael; Shukla, Nitin et al.
In: New Journal of Physics, Vol. 24, No. 6, 063016, 30.06.2022.

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Boella, E, Schoeffler, KM, Shukla, N, Innocenti, ME, Lapenta, G, Fonseca, RA & Silva, LO 2022, 'Interaction between electrostatic collisionless shocks generates strong magnetic fields', New Journal of Physics, vol. 24, no. 6, 063016. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac6ef1

APA

Boella, E., Schoeffler, K. M., Shukla, N., Innocenti, M. E., Lapenta, G., Fonseca, R. A., & Silva, L. O. (2022). Interaction between electrostatic collisionless shocks generates strong magnetic fields. New Journal of Physics, 24(6), Article 063016. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ac6ef1

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Boella E, Schoeffler KM, Shukla N, Innocenti ME, Lapenta G, Fonseca RA et al. Interaction between electrostatic collisionless shocks generates strong magnetic fields. New Journal of Physics. 2022 Jun 30;24(6):063016. Epub 2022 May 12. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/ac6ef1

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Boella, Elisabetta ; Schoeffler, Kevin Michael ; Shukla, Nitin et al. / Interaction between electrostatic collisionless shocks generates strong magnetic fields. In: New Journal of Physics. 2022 ; Vol. 24, No. 6.

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abstract = "The head-on collision between electrostatic shocks is studied via multi-dimensional Particle-In-Cell simulations. A strong magnetic field develops after the interaction, which causes the shock velocities to drop significantly. This transverse magnetic field is generated by the Weibel instability, which is driven by pressure anisotropies due to longitudinal electron heating while the shocks approach each other. The possibility to explore the physics underpinning the shock collision in the laboratory with current laser facilities is discussed.",
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AU - Fonseca, Ricardo A

AU - Silva, Luis O

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