Giga-Gauss scale quasi-static magnetic field generation and application by high-power laser

• Project/Area Number: 19K14681
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 14010:Fundamental plasma-related
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Abe Yuki 大阪大学, 工学研究科, 助教 (70817543)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2021: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
• Keywords: 強磁場 / レーザー / 磁気リコネクション / 宇宙物理 / 核融合 / キロテスラ / 高出力短パルスレーザー / 粒子加速 / マイクロコイル / プロトン偏向計測 / プラズマ

Outline of Research at the Start

本研究は，集光強度が1e19 W/cm2を超える高出力短パルスレーザーと固体の相互作用を利用して直径百ミクロン程度の小さなコイルに強力な電流を流し，白色矮星や中性子星表層の磁場強度に匹敵する強磁場（B = 10 - 100 kT）を実験室内で生成しようというものである．この前人未到の強磁場の実現によって，これまで天文観測に頼っていた強磁場天体周辺での特異な物理現象（相対論的磁気リコネクション，非線形ゼーマン効果，超臨界密度プラズマ中の光伝搬etc.）の実験的研究が初めて可能になり，宇宙物理学の飛躍的発展に貢献すると期待される．

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We established a method to produce a quasi-static magnetic field with astronomical strength in laboratory-scaled conditions. By using relativistic laser-plasma interaction in novel target geometries, 10-kT scale magnetic fields can be generated with a variety of orientation, including parallel, anti-parallel and toroidal. Looking forward to possible applications (laboratory astrophysics, nuclear fusion, particle beams etc.), we studied the parameters of resulting magnetized plasma structures in time and in space for various laser and target conditions. The obtained parameters are valuable for producing optimum magnetic fields depending on the application. Our work would lead to renewed attention to laser-plasma science for academic and industrial R&D.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義はレーザーを用いた新たな強磁場生成法の確立により，地上で生成可能な磁場強度の上限が大幅に引き上げられたことにある．これにより，天文観測と理論計算に依存してきた磁気リコネクションを始めとする宇宙物理学において，「地上実験」という新しい研究アプローチの可能性が拓かれた．また，強磁場による高温プラズマの閉じ込め効果は核反応の促進効果をもたらし，慣性核融合炉や産業用中性子源の社会実装をより現実的なものにする意味でも本研究で得られた知見は重要である．

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] National Research Nuclear University(ロシア連邦)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Technical University of Darmstadt/GSI Helmholtz Center(ドイツ)
• [Int'l Joint Research] LULI, Polytechnique(フランス)
• [Int'l Joint Research] National Research Nuclear University/Russian Academy of Sciences(ロシア連邦)
• [Int'l Joint Research] University of California(米国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] University of Bordeaux, CELIA(フランス)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Technische University of Darmstadt(ドイツ)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Center of Laser Pulse (CLPU)(スペイン)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Technical University of Darmstadt(ドイツ)
• [Int'l Joint Research] University of Bordeaux(フランス)
• [Int'l Joint Research] NRNU MEPhI(ロシア連邦)
• [Int'l Joint Research] ELI Beamlines(チェコ)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Center of Laser Pulse (CLPU)(スペイン)
• [Int'l Joint Research]
• [Journal Article] Dosimetric calibration of GafChromic HD-V2, MD-V3, and EBT3 films for dose ranges up to 100 kGy (2021)
  • Author(s): Abe Y.、Morace A.、Arikawa Y.、Mirfayzi S. R.、Golovin D.、Law K. F. F.、Fujioka S.、Yogo A.、Nakai M.
  • Journal Title: Review of Scientific Instruments Volume: 92 Issue: 6 Pages: 063301-063301
  • DOI: 10.1063/5.0043628
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Calibration of imaging plates sensitivity to high energy photons and ions for laser-plasma interaction sources (2021)
  • Author(s): Golovin D.O.、Mirfayzi S.R.、Shokita S.、Abe Y.、Lan Z.、Arikawa Y.、Morace A.、Pikuz T.A.、Yogo A.
  • Journal Title: Journal of Instrumentation Volume: 16 Issue: 02 Pages: T02005-T02005
  • DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/16/02/t02005
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Relativistic magnetic reconnection in laser laboratory for testing an emission mechanism of hard-state black hole system (2020)
  • Author(s): Law K. F. F.、Abe Y.、Morace A.、Arikawa Y.、Sakata S.、Lee S.、Matsuo K.、Morita H.、Ochiai Y.、Liu C.、Yogo A.、Okamoto K.、Golovin D.、Ehret M.、Ozaki T.、Nakai M.、Sentoku Y.、Santos J. J.、d'Humi?res E.、Korneev Ph.、Fujioka S.
  • Journal Title: Physical Review E Volume: 102 Issue: 3 Pages: 033202-033202
  • DOI: 10.1103/physreve.102.033202
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Generation of α-Particle Beams With a Multi-kJ, Peta-Watt Class Laser System (2020)
  • Author(s): Daniele Margarone, Alessio Morace, Julien Bonvalet, Yuki Abe, Vasiliki Kantarelou, Didier Raffestin, Lorenzo Giuffrida, Philippe Nicolai, Marco Tosca, Antonino Picciotto, Giada Petringa, Giuseppe A. P. Cirrone, Yuji Fukuda, Yasuhiro Kuramitsu, et al.
  • Journal Title: Frontiess in Physics Volume: 8 Pages: 343-343
  • DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2020.00343
  • NAID: 120006884137
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Enhancement of ion energy and flux by the influence of magnetic reconnection in foam targets (2020)
  • Author(s): Golovin Daniil O.、Mirfayzi Seyed R.、Gu Yan Jun、Abe Yuki、Honoki Yuki、Mori Takato、Nagatomo Hideo、Okamoto Kazuki、Shokita Satoru、Yamanoi Kohei、Arikawa Yasunobu、Korn Georg、Pikuz Tatiana A.、Fujioka Shinsuke、Kodama Ryosuke、Bulanov Sergey V.、Yogo Akifumi
  • Journal Title: High Energy Density Physics Volume: 36 Pages: 100840-100840
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.hedp.2020.100840
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] On the proton radiography of magnetic fields in targets irradiated by intense picosecond laser pulses (2020)
  • Author(s): Bukharskii N D、Kochetkov Y V、Ehret M、Gubskiy K L、Kuznetsov A P、Santos J J、Zielbauer B、Abe Y、Law F、Korneev Ph A
  • Journal Title: Journal of Physics: Conference Series Volume: 1686 Issue: 1 Pages: 012004-012004
  • DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1686/1/012004
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Kilotesla plasmoid formation by a trapped relativistic laser beam (2019)
  • Author(s): M. Ehret, Yu. Kochetkov, Y. Abe, K. F. F. Law, V. Stepanischev, S. Fujioka, E. d’Humi`eres, B. Zielbauer, V. Bagnoud, G. Schaumann, M. Roth, V. Tikhonchuk, J.J. Santos, and Ph. Korneev
  • Journal Title: arXiv Volume: 1908.11430v1 Pages: 1-6
  • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Control of kilo-Tesla-scale magnetic fields driven by high-power laser and micro-coil targets (2021)
  • Author(s): Y. Abe, B. Zhu, A. Morace, K.F.F. Law, Ph. Korneev, J. J. Santos, M. Ehret, I. Kotchetkov, N. Bukharski, T. Iyoda, K. Nagai, Z. Zhang, and S. Fujioka
  • Organizer: Symposium on Photon and Beam Science (OPTO2021)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Bright point neutron sources from spherically convergent plasma fusion driven by short-pulse lasers with relativistic intensities (2021)
  • Author(s): Y. Abe, A. Morace, B. Zhu, A. Nakao, S. Asano, J. Dun, Y. Arikawa, T. Minami, Y. Fukuda, H. Shiraga, M. Nakai, A. Yogo, Y. Mori, Y. Kitagawa, E. Miura, Y. Kuramitsu, S. Fujioka and Z. Zhang
  • Organizer: 日本物理学会2021年秋季大会
• [Presentation] Monte Carlo particle collision model for spectral analysis of neutrons from laser-driven neutron sources (2021)
  • Author(s): Y. Abe, T. Johzaki, A. Sunahara, Y. Arikawa, T. Ozaki, K. Ishii, R. Hanayama, S. Okihara, E. Miura, A. Iwamoto, H. Sakagami, Y. Sentoku, Y. Kuramitsu, H. Habara, H. Shiraga, M. Nakai, S. Fujioka, Y. Mori, and Y. Kitagawa
  • Organizer: 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Plasma Physics (AAPPS-DPP2021)
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
• [Presentation] レーザー駆動中性子源の開発動向と応用展望 (2021)
  • Author(s): 安部 勇輝，中尾 采美，有川 安信，東口 武史，白神 宏之，藤岡 慎介， 中井 光男，余語 覚文
  • Organizer: レーザー学会第41回年次大会
  • Invited
• [Presentation] Collimated charged particles generation with accompanied magnetic field (2021)
  • Author(s): B. Zhu, Y. Abe, Z. Zhang, M. Takemura, Y. Zhang, L. Cheng, X. Yuan, S. Guo, Z. Lan, A. Morace, A. Nakao, R. Takizawa, C. Liu, H. Morita, A. Yogo, Y. Arikawa, M. Nakai, H. Shiraga, Y. Li, S. Fujioka
  • Organizer: 日本物理学会第76回年次大会
• [Presentation] レーザー駆動中性子源を用いた放射化元素分析の応用展望 (2021)
  • Author(s): 安部勇輝，中尾采美，有川安信，東口武史，白神宏之，藤岡慎介， 余語覚文，中井光男
  • Organizer: 日本物理学会第76回年次大会
• [Presentation] 非等方爆縮プラズマから生成される核融合中性子スペクトル解析のためのモンテ カルロ運動論モデル (2020)
  • Author(s): 安部勇輝，城崎知至，砂原淳，有川安信，尾﨑哲，石井勝弘，花山良平，沖原伸一郎，三浦永祐，坂田匠平，松尾一輝，森田大樹，瀧澤龍之介，岩本晃史，坂上仁志，千徳靖彦，白神宏之，中井光男，藤岡慎介，森芳孝，北川米喜
  • Organizer: 日本物理学会2020年秋季大会
• [Presentation] Dosimetric calibration of GAFCHROMIC HD-V2, MD-V3, and EBT3 films for dose ranges up to 30 MGy (2020)
  • Author(s): Y. Abe, A. Morace, Y. Arikawa, S. Shokita, S.R. Mirfayzi, D. Golovin, K.F.F. Law, S. Fujioka, A. Yogo, S. Tojo, and M. Nakai
  • Organizer: The 2020 High-Temperature Plasma Diagnostics Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Laboratory-produced quasi-static magnetic field with astronomical strength driven by ultra-high intensity lasers (2019)
  • Author(s): Y. Abe, K. F. F. Law, A. Morace, Y. Arikawa, S. Sakata, S. Lee, K. Matsuo, H. Morita, Y. Ochiai, C. Liu, A. Yogo, D. Golovin, M. Ehret, T. Ozaki, M. Nakai, Y. Sentoku, J.J. Santos, E. d'Humieres, Ph. Korneev, and S. Fujioka
  • Organizer: The 37th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas International Physics Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research / Invited