Nature Communications (May 2021)

Micron-scale phenomena observed in a turbulent laser-produced plasma

  • G. Rigon,
  • B. Albertazzi,
  • T. Pikuz,
  • P. Mabey,
  • V. Bouffetier,
  • N. Ozaki,
  • T. Vinci,
  • F. Barbato,
  • E. Falize,
  • Y. Inubushi,
  • N. Kamimura,
  • K. Katagiri,
  • S. Makarov,
  • M. J.-E. Manuel,
  • K. Miyanishi,
  • S. Pikuz,
  • O. Poujade,
  • K. Sueda,
  • T. Togashi,
  • Y. Umeda,
  • M. Yabashi,
  • T. Yabuuchi,
  • G. Gregori,
  • R. Kodama,
  • A. Casner,
  • M. Koenig

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22891-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Turbulence effects explored use macroscale systems in general. Here the authors generate a turbulent plasma using laser irradiation of a solid target and study the dynamics of the plasma flow at the micron-scale by using scattering of an XFEL beam.