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Laboratory investigations on the origins of cosmic rays

  • Y. Kuramitsu
  • , Y. Sakawa
  • , T. Morita
  • , T. Ide
  • , K. Nishio
  • , H. Tanji
  • , H. Aoki
  • , S. Dono
  • , C. D. Gregory
  • , J. N. Waugh
  • , N. Woolsey
  • , A. Dizière
  • , A. Pelka
  • , A. Ravasio
  • , B. Loupias
  • , M. Koenig
  • , S. A. Pikuz
  • , Y. T. Li
  • , Y. Zhang
  • , X. Liu
  • J. Y. Zhong, J. Zhang, G. Gregori, N. Nakanii, K. Kondo, Y. Mori, E. Miura, R. Kodama, Y. Kitagawa, K. Mima, K. A. Tanaka, H. Azechi, T. Moritaka, Y. Matsumoto, T. Sano, A. Mizuta, N. Ohnishi, M. Hoshino, H. Takabe
  • Institute of Laser Engineering
  • Osaka University
  • Graduate School of Engineering
  • Graduate School of Science
  • Department of Physics
  • University of York
  • LULI
  • Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics
  • Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • National Astronomical Observatories-CAS
  • Physics Department
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • Department of Physics
  • University of Oxford
  • Japan Atomic Energy Agency
  • The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries
  • National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
  • Graduate School of Science
  • Chiba University
  • KEK (High Energy Accelerator Research Organization)
  • Department of Aerospace Engineering
  • Tohoku University
  • Department of Earth and Planetary Science
  • University of Tokyo

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Abstract

We report our recent efforts on the experimental investigations related to the origins of cosmic rays. The origins of cosmic rays are long standing open issues in astrophysics. The galactic and extragalactic cosmic rays are considered to be accelerated in non-relativistic and relativistic collisionless shocks in the universe, respectively. However, the acceleration and transport processes of the cosmic rays are not well understood, and how the collisionless shocks are created is still under investigation. Recent high-power and high-intensity laser technologies allow us to simulate astrophysical phenomena in laboratories. We present our experimental results of collisionless shock formations in laser-produced plasmas.

Original languageEnglish
Article number124049
JournalPlasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Volume54
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Dec 2012

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